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...freshmen, they must settle down to systematic fair and solid work. The rushers must show that they are rushers and do some rushing; they must not be afraid to fall on the ball in a scrimmage and they must, above all things, block their men even if they are heavier than themselves...
Last Saturday the Yale freshman eleven defeated Williston by a score of 44 to 5. The Yale freshman are said to have played a very good game. Showing much improvement in their playing since the game with Amherst. The weight of the Williston team averaged fifteen pounds heavier than that of the Yale team. The Williston rush line averages...
...only by getting in the way of his legs, he could not make five feet. With one or two exceptions, our rushers all jump for the neck and shoulders.-the very worst thing they could do. It is well enough against men of their own weight, but heavier men will ward them off, dodge them, or carry them along, every time. Tackle a man low (not unfairly low, of course), and get in the way of his legs, and he upsets right in his tracks, for you've got him almost below the center of gravity. Our present method...
...steamboats and small craft, fluttered strips of color which showed the presence of the respective adherents of Harvard and Yale. Of course the Blue, as is usual until after the race, predominated. A glance at the boats as they back up against the line show that Yale is slightly heavier; but the snug, trimbuilt figures of the Harvard men instinctively inspire confidence. A warning from the referee, a pistol shot, and they are off. The spray is dashed in the air by twelve oars, twelve backs rise and fall with the regularity of clockwork. Cries of "Yale !" and "Harvard !" burst...
Billy Frazer, the popular sparring teacher, several of whose pupils took part in the winter games, sparred at the Mitchell-Kilrain exhibition in Boston last evening. Frazer showed remarkable quickness and although matched against a heavier antagonist was more than his equal...