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...hard-fought and exciting game played in a driving rain on Soldiers Field, Saturday, the Freshman football team tied Exeter, neither side scoring...
Harvard defeated Pennsylvania on May 17 in a hard-fought game by the score of 8 to 5. Since then the Pennsylvania team has shown no improvement, but the Harvard team has weakened in batting. The game should be close and well contested. The batting order follows: HARVARD. PENNSYLVANIA. Wendell, l.f. 2b., Collier. Coolidge, s.s. c.f., White. Stillman, p. or c.f. r.f., Swain. Clarkson, p. or c.f. s.s., Orbin. Randall, 1b. l.f., Wilder. Skilton, 2b. c., Bennett. Daly, r.f. 1b., Myers. Matthews or Carr, 3b. 3b., Brown. Kernan or Milne, c. p., Groves, Reynolds or Devlin...
...semi-final round, Hitchcock of Yale defeated Richardson, after a hard-fought match, by 4 up and 3 to play...
Another close and hard-fought game was lost by Harvard on Saturday afternoon. The game was one of the most exciting in the history of football. Harvard forced the play in the first half, and scored 6 points, but in the second half, Pennsylvania grew steadily stronger, and finally, in the last five minutes of time, made a touchdown and goal which won the game...
...practice of the past week the university team lined up against the college side for only one half each day. The rest of the time was occupied with signal practice and the trial of formation and trick plays. The eleven defeated Boston A. A. in an exciting and hard-fought game at the Field on election day, before a large crowd. The News has invited all members of the university to contribute songs for use at the Yale-Princeton game in New York. A committee will pass judgment on these songs and the best contributions will be published...