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...were the best men in rushing the ball, and also were very strong in the secondary defense, but in rushing the ball, Lockwood seemed unable to take advantage of his own speed. In the backfield Starr and Newhall handled the numerous punts from Mount Pleasant almost perfectly, and often got away from the fast Carlisle ends for gains of from five to 15 yards...
...after gaining 10 yards. Both teams were penalized five yards, after which Carlisle secured the ball on a fumble on the 40-yard line. Osborne blocked a forward pass and Burr downed the ball on the 44-yard line. After Lockwood had made 12 yards and Lincoln two, Libby got the ball for the Indians on an onside kick. An exchange of punts followed on. which Newhall downed the ball in the middle of the field after running it back 15 yards. The University team was given five yards for Carlisle's interference with the centre, after which a triple...
...exceptionally fine game at end, besides scoring one touchdown and kicking all four goals. A great many forward passes and onside kicks were tried, most of which were successful. After the regular scrimmage 15 minutes were devoted to practice in kicking, each eleven punting as soon as it got possession of the ball; and 10 minutes to trying out the defensive strength of the University team by repeatedly giving the ball to the second eleven. The latter part of the work was fairly satisfactory from the point of view of the first team, for the opposing eleven failed to score...
...yards in three rushes, after which Burr punted to Schwartz, who ran back 35 yards to Harvard's 35-yard line, where he was forced out of bounds. After a few short gains Macdonald tried a goal from placement which failed on account of a poor pass. Newhall got the ball outside on the 6-yard line...
...judgement in using a kicking game from this point on that Harvard won the game. With the ball in the possession of the University eleven on its 30-yard line, Burr punted, Schwartz downing the ball for Brown on his 49-yard line. On the second play Harvard got the ball on a fumble on Brown's 50-yard line, and Burr again punted to Schwartz, who ran out of bounds on the 17-yard line, but the ball was taken back to the 2-yard line on account of Schwartz's hurdling in the play. Schwartz punted, and Starr...