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...play of the first period was fully as even and hard-fought as the experts had forecasted. The lead swayed from the Crimson to the Blue, and then back to the Crimson again, the period finally ending with Harvard leading 9 to 8. Both teams sought to keep up a strong defensive, relying for the offense on long shots...
After battling through four hard-fought periods, the Sophomore and Senior football teams remained in a scoreless deadlock at the close of yesterday afternoon's game. Each team had scoring chances; the Sophomores lost an excellent opportunity in the first quarter when the 1927 line stiffened after yielding ground steadily before a strong attack, and then broke through to block a Sophomore drop-kick. Late in the second period, the 1929 team, with its backfield functioning in steam-roller style, pushed the pigskin to the Senior 15-yard stripe, and seemed to be headed for a sure touchdown, when...
...Junior Class football team won its third straight game when it defeated the Seniors yesterday afternoon by a 3 to 0 count. A 30-yard dropkick by Heard, 1928 quarterback, decided the issue in the third quarter of a hard-fought game...
...finals of the University singles tournament yesterday produced a brilliant and hard-fought match between J. F. W. Whitbeck '27 and L. H. Gordon '27. The Harvard captain defeated Gordon, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 by virtue of his reserve power at the deciding points of each...
...hard-fought game, the Junior class eleven defeated the Sophomores by a score of 6 to 0 in Soldiers Field yesterday. The victory keeps clean the 1928 slate, and leaves the team at the top of the standing, with two triumphs and no defeats...