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...indicates the evenness of the teams. At the start, the Corinthians took the University team by surprise, and scored all their goals within a few minutes. In the second half, however, the University forwards displayed by far the best team-work they have shown this fall, and kept the ball in their opponents' territory. The roughness of the field prevented accurate shooting. Seamans and Barron excelled individually...
...University association football team in its fifth game of the season defeated Middlesex School by the score of 2 to 1 at Concord yesterday afternoon. This is the first game the team has won this fall. The offence was better together than that of the inexperienced Middlesex team and kept the ball mostly in the latter's territory. Middlesex's only goal was purely accidental, as Ells's shoot dribbled slowly through Chadwick's legs. Seamans and Barron played the best game for the University...
Annapolis's superiority was shown by the fact that it gained six first downs to one for West Point, and kept the play in the latter's territory throughout the game...
...Training School on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon by the score of 2 to 0. The Harvard team was not as fast as its opponents, and the forwards showed weakness in leaving their men uncovered. During the first period neither side was able to score, but the University team was kept on the defensive most of the time. In the second half Harvard's defence weakened, and the forwards failed to come to its support...
...Harvard's costly mistakes and to Yale's powerful defence and superior generalship. Although the Harvard team was backed by the prestige of an unbroken series of victories this fall and was strong enough to make twice as many first downs as Yale in Saturday's game, yet Yale kept off defeat by an alertness which recovered every Harvard fumble occurring within scoring distance of Yale's goal...