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Wesleyan played better football than any team Harvard has met this year. Her back-field was aggressive and the mass tackle plays were very well executed. Hartzell played a brilliant game at halfback and punted well. The ends, and especially S. Dodds, were successful in pocketing the Harvard tackles although a well formed interference sometimes put them out of the play...
Whole squad be dressed at 3.45 p. m. for Wesleyan game. WM. BURDEN...
...three o'clock this afternoon the eleven will play Wesleyan in the third game of the season. As the whole team, and especially the line, will be weakened by the absence of some of the regular players, a score by Wesleyan would not be unexpected. Fast work by the backs, however, together with careful attention to the principles of forming interference, which have lately been drilled into them by the coaches, should ensure touchdowns enough to eliminate all chances of defeat...
...second eleven, the back-field, considering its light weight, played a fast game. The punting of R. Lawrence, the rushing of Hurley, and the tackling of E. Motley, encouraged the team to meet the attacks of the first eleven. A. R. Sargent strengthened the line to a great extent by stopping several centre plays...
...whose injuries have been keeping them out of the practice lately, Eaton, Daly and Campbell will be back in the game on Monday. Although Reid will not be allowed to play for some time yet, the injury to his leg is not so serious as was first supposed. Hurley, whose brilliant rushing will be much missed by the second eleven, sprained his ankle in the last play yesterday. The players, on the whole, are, however, passing that period in training when they are susceptible to injuries, and should soon be able to play longer and harder halves, and then...