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...neither eleven scored in the first half the 30 minutes of play was intensely interesting due to Carlisle's two attempts for goals from the field and to Mount Pleasant's punts, one of which went over Harvard's goal line for a touchback. Newhall caught Mount Pleasant's kick off on the 20-yard line and ran back 13 yards. Lockwood lost eight yards in the first rush, and Burr punted, the ball going out of bounds near the middle of the field. After two short rushes Mount Pleasant returned the punt to Starr, who was downed on Harvard...
...yard line, and Mount Pleasant again punted, the ball going over Newball's head in the backfield. Captain Exendine nearly secured the ball in the scramble which followed, but Newhall finally downed it for a touchback. Two attempts were made to rush the ball after the kick-out, after which, with the ball on the 37-yard line, Libby tried a drop kick which fell short, but the ball rolled over the line for a touchback. Burr punted out, and Carlisle at once lost the ball on an onside kick on their 51-yard line. The Indians got the ball...
Fraser replaced Parker at centre in the second half. Mount Pleasant downed Burr's kick-off on his 38-yard line. Carlisle rushed the ball nine yards, which was followed by an exchange of punts, Peirce downing the ball for Harvard on the Indian's 37-yard line after Libby's fumble. A forward pass to Macdonald gained 14 yards and two rushes by Wendell carried the ball to the 12-yard line. Dillon got the ball for Carlisle on a forward pass, and Mount Pleasant punted to Starr on Harvard's 46-yard line. In the next play Wendell...
During the remainder of the game the ball was punted back and forth between the 20-yard lines, Harvard having a slight advantage in the kicking. A few minutes after the kick-off Newhall made an onside kick on which Starr gained 35 yards, downing the ball on the Indian's 18-yard line, but the ball was lost in the next play on a forward pass. Kennard replaced Macdonald at left end. The game closed with the ball in Carlisle's possession on their own 36-yard line...
Yale defeated Brown last Saturday by a score of 5 to 0, the one touchdown being made by Forbes early in the second half, after a long series of rushes by Knox. The latter failed to kick the goal...