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Despite their light weight, the Brown team played a strong defensive game, and in the first half held Princeton down to eleven points, five of which were scored on a drop kick by DeWitt from the 25-yard line. In the second half Princeton exhibited greater dash and team play, and scored three touchdowns. At times Brown gained effectively, and on the defense so nearly held her own that Princeton called DeWitt out of the line for frequent punts of fifty or sixty yards against the wind...
...four touchdowns were made by Foulke. Princeton's line-up follows: l.e., Davis; l.t., Cooney; l.g., Short; c., Barney; r.g., DeWitt; r.t., Reed; r.e., Crawford; q.b., Burke, Vetterlein; l.h.b., Hart; r.h.b., Foulke, Moore; f.b., McClove...
There is an absolute necessity for more heavy men for the line positions on the football team. It is not only the duty of every man who is heavy enough for these positions to report as soon as possible, but also the duty of everyone to send to the Athletic Office the name of any man of sufficient weight or ability...
...offense the University of Pennsylvania played an exceedingly fast game, gaining at will through all parts of their opponents' line. The State College was entirely outplayed and made but one first down. There was little fumbling, in spite of the muddy condition of the field. The feature of the game was a run of sixty yards through a broken field from the last kick-off, by Smith, the University full-back, which nearly resulted in a touchdown. The halves were twenty and fifteen minutes respectively...
...game afforded the first real test of Yale's defense and the Springfield team, composed of heavy and mature men, repeatedly penetrated the Yale line for gains, mostly through Bloomer, Morton and Roraback. The Springfield backs were invariably stopped, however, by the Yale back-field, Metcalf, Mitchell and Bowman, whose deadly tackling formed the strongest feature of their team's defense. Yale's attack was powerful; the first three touchdowns being made by a fast rushing game. The final touchdown was made by Rafferty, who caught Yale's quarterback kick on Springfield's 2-yard line. The halves were twenty...