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...schedule of the Intercollegiate Soccer League as to permit the playing of all the games by the first Saturday in December. After that time grounds are not likely to be in good condition and the result is poor soccer or postponed games. All of the teams except Haverford got under way at an earlier date than usual this season, and as a consequence the Main Line eleven was the only team that prevented the completion of the schedule before hard weather set in. Soccer is a fine game, a good game in itself and valuable in the influence it exerts...
...real strength of the team lay in the halfback line and particularly in the centrehalf. Haverford was below standard in every department save that of goal keeper...
...Harvard, he says, was really as good a team as Haverford in skill and speed, but not so good a goal keeper. Like Haverford, the team plays the long passing game, quick on the ball and strong in the passes. The Crimson did not have the headwork of Haverford, but was a heavier team. Goal was good, and the backs were very steady, charging strong and well and with good judgment...
...Yale team is described as an excellent example of good material gone to waste. The players, from the goal keeper to the forwards, were individually above the average of either Princeton, Haverford or Harvard, but there was no combination of any sort, and the fine individual work was completely thrown away. The Cornell team is regarded as considerably below the average of the Cornell teams of the last two seasons. There was no really good individual work except in the half back line by the left half. The tactics of the other players were elemental in the extreme, and lack...
...post-season game between Pennsylvania and Princeton to decide the tie for first place, at Philadelphia on Saturday, Pennsylvania won by a 3 to 2 score Since Haverford failed to win the game here, Pennsylvania's victory Saturday gives it the intercollegiate championship with Princeton second and Haverford third...