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...deciding game of their series at the Polo Grounds at New York. The Orange and Black was the victor at New Haven by a score of 6 to 5 in the first game of the series, while Yale came back in the second game at Princeton and gave the Jerseymen a 4 to 2 defeat, thus necessitating a third contest. A victory today will give Princeton fair claim to the "Big Three" championship, while a triumph for the Blue would mean that the decision would rest on the outcome of the Harvard-Yale series...
From the kick-off Haxall sent the ball far into Yale's ground, and as the blue wavered from the attack he soon secured a fair catch in dangerous proximity to her goal. The ball was placed and amidst frantic cheers from the Jerseymen Haxall scored the first goal for Princeton. Nothing more was scored in the first three-quarters by either side...