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Soon after the kick-off the Juniors got the ball on a fumbled punt, but Lovering failed on a trial for a goal from the field. The rest of the half the ball was kept near the middle of the field...
...kicked off and got the ball on a fumble. On several line plays the ball was carried to 1904's five yard line where Noyes was forced to try for a goal from the field which failed. 1904 kicked, and the ball was brought back by a series of line plays from the middle of the field, until Knowlton went over for a touchdown. Knowlton also kicked the goal. For the rest of the half the ball was mostly in 1903's territory...
...kick-off in the second half Piper brought the ball back to the thirty yard line when 1904 secured it. Their kick was blocked and a Sophomore got the ball. A series of line-plays carried the ball to the five yard line when Switzer was sent over for a touchdown. Knowlton missed the goal. The rest of the half was spent mostly in exchanges of punts. The game ended with the ball in 1903's possession on her own thirty-five yard line...
Most of the thirty-minute game was given up to defensive practice for the first team, Sawin punting almost every time the first team got the ball, and the eleven doing no rushing except when within striking distance of the goal...
After two years of defeat, Yale won from Princeton Saturday by the decisive score of 29 to 5. Yale scored twice during the first half and three times during the second. Princeton's only score was in the first half when Mattis kicked a field goal after Princeton, having got the ball on Wear's fumble, was unable to go through the line. All of Yale's scores except the first were made by steady rushing and line-smashing tactics, and just as was expected, the Princeton line could not hold it own. Hale and Bloomer were Yale's best...