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...Williams college team at New Haven by a score of 36-0. Yale's backs did good work, but her rushers showed lack of team play, while the Williams men showed up strongly and kept Yale from scoring for some time. The two Morison brothers were Yale's half-backs and both did remarkably good work in rushing and kicking. B. Morison played half-back on the Yale team in the fall of '86, but the next year he was out of college and last year he did not play. He is now said to be playing...
...McClung, half-back on the Yale eleven, was in town yesterday...
...hard to praise any one in particular without doing injustice to the rest. The work of Cranston and Heard against Hefflefinger, deserves notice; as well as the rushing and tackling of Newell and Allen. Harding played an admirable game, using the men well and rushing strongly himself. The half-back work of Wadsworth and Lee was strong and often brilliant; Dennison also did good work. The team as a whole played a sharp aggressive game, tackling and, as a rule, blocking well. The victory the eleven has gained is a notable one and the men deserve much credit for their...
...forced the ball to Pennsylvania's five-yard line, but here lost it. Good rush by Porter regained this advantage and Porter then made the sixth touchdown, from which Sears kicked a goal. Time thirty-eight minutes. Score, 28 to 0. Lee then took V. Harding's place as half-back. Harvard then gained ball on four downs, Good punts by Sears and Porter, and a fine rush by Sears gave Porter an opportunity to make Harvard's seventh touchdown. Goal by Sears. Score 34 to 0. This ended the first half of the game...
...will be able to resume his place in the Harvard game. His loss will materially weaken the team, as his playing has been a decided improvement over last year. Riggs, a new man this year, has been filling his place the past few days and is doing well. Channing, half-back, received a temporary injury in practice this week, but will probably be able to resume play in a few days. It would seem that the team considered individually could scarcely be improved upon, but there is notice-able a decided lack of team work which may prove fatal. Princeton...