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...mention for their steady and effective rushing. For Yale, Harding worked very well, while Peters and Goodlet did effective rushing. The teams were made up as follows : Harvard. - Rushers, Adams, Hartley, Vogel, Haughton, Ayers, Phillips, Woodbury (captain) ; quarter-back, Clark; half-backs, Austin, Kimball; full-back, Hitchcock. Yale. - Rushers, Colgate, Cowles, Stuart, Peters, Kimball, Phelps, Goodlet (captain); quarter-back, Harding; half-backs, Young, Brigham; full-back, Lambert. Referee, E. T. Cabot of Harvard; judge for Harvard, W. H. Goodwin; judge for Yale, W. I. Badger...
...were grouped around the lines at 2.15 when the teams came on the field. Yale won the toss and chose the wind, Harvard kicking off. The ball was passed back and sent on to Yale's ground by Mason's kick and Morison's rush. Soon, however, Yale's half-back, taking advantage of the wind, sent the ball by a high punt far into Harvard's territory, and Hull receiving the ball from a down carried it over our line by a pretty rush and scored a touchdown, but no goal was kicked. Yale now commenced the contemptible game...
...pretty run carried it over Princeton's line. The referee, however, decided no touchdown, as one of the Harvard men was "off side." Immediately Princeton got the ball, and taking advantage of the wind managed to kick it almost to our goal line. In the excitement our half-back, Coolidge, fumbled the ball, and Haxall securing it slid over the line and scored a touchdown for Princeton. The touchdown was too far from the poles to be brought out so a "punt out" was substituted, Peace receiving the ball and holding out for Haxall, who easily scored a goal...