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...kick near the goal. A kick for goal was tried but was missed. Harvard soon got the ball again, but Crane in making a rush was so badly hurt that Moen had to take his place. Andover by short rushes and four downs of Harvard, near the goal line, succeeded in making a touchdown in 20 minutes. No goal. Score 4-0. Johnson again started with the ball but made no gain. Andover got a dropped ball and two runs around the ends and several shoves secured another touchdown in ten minutes. Goal. Score 10-0. Moen worked the ball...
Harvard started the second half with more life but was unable to score. Early in the half Johnson made a splendid kick three-fourths the length of the field. Dodge followed it up well and secured a free kick on Stone's poor return at the twenty-five yard line. A place kick for goal was tried but went about a foot from the goal. Campbell prevented Andover from gaining ground by breaking through the rush line three times in succession. Moen and Dennison by hard work carried the ball well into Andover's territory. But a dropped ball...
...finals in singles between Tallant and Lee were played off yesterday afternoon. Tallant won 6-4, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, thus winning the championship of the college. The game was won by Tallant's good returns of Lee's lobbing. Lee played on the back line and lobbed into Tallant's hands continually. This kind of play gave Tallant many chances to keep Lee running across the courts, and Lee showed great skill in recovering himself. In starting Tallant took service, but as there was some wind and a strong sunlight they changed courts after each game. Both...
...freshmen fifteen minutes' practice on Norton's field yesterday afternoon. Play began at 4.30, Ninety taking the north goal. Ninety had the ball and advanced it twenty yards. Henshaw gained a little and McLeod getting the ball on the next pass, carried it to Ninety's five-yard line. McLeod then attempted to rush but Ninety's rush line was so badly broken that he had to retreat, losing ten yards. Crane failed to kick a goal from the field, but on the next pass, he carried the ball near to Ninety-three's goal and was soon pushed over...
...first half, Yale played a strong game and made seven touchdowns, scoring 34 points, and in the first part of the second half they made four touchdowns, with a score of 22 points. In the latter part of the half, however, Yale played poorly and Cornell by good rush line play, and hard work by the backs secured a touchdown from which a goal was kicked. Final score 56 to 6. The Cornell men were almost wild when their eleven scored...