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Harvard came near scoring at the very start of the game, when after an exchange of kicks Corbett carried the ball to the 9-yard line. Two line plunges netted only four yards, and Cutler tried a forward pass which went to Dartmouth for a touchback. Dartmouth's only chance to score came at the end of the same half. An onside kick from Harvard's 46-yard line was recovered on the 24-yard line. Sherwin went back to try a drop kick but the ball fell short, and Browne ran it back to the 28-yard line...
After the first kick-off the, University team stared off with a rush, and carried the ball to their opponents' 5-yard line, where it was lost. Sherwin punted out from the 20-yard line. A little later Kennard kicked from Harvard's 50-yard line, over Pishon's head for a touchback. Sherwin kicked out again, and after two successful onside kicks, Dartmouth had the ball on Harvard's 24-yard line, where Sherwin's drop kick failed. In the second half the play was almost entirely in the centre of the field, until the last few minutes, when...
...punted well. MacKay, Nourse, Hoar, and Withington all played well. The work of the ends also showed improvement, Browne and Crowley doing extremely well. It is hard to discriminate in the back field. Corbett and White only netted four yards, and while Leslie and Ver Wiebe proved themselves hard line-plungers. These two men made good gains on Harvard's long rush down the field, and it was Leslie's plunge through right tackle that gave Harvard the touchdown. Smith did well during the short time he was in the game...
MacKay kicked off to Dartmouth's 2-yard line, and Ryan ran it back to the 18-yard line, where Schildmiller recovered his fumble. Marks went through right guard for five yards, but Corbett threw Ryan for loss in the next play, and Sherwin was forced to kick. Browne received the ball on Dartmouth's 43-yard line. Corbett failed to gain, and Kennard punted to Ryan, who fumbled, Crowley recovering the ball for Harvard on the 28-yard line. Corbett went through right tackle to the 9-yard line. Corbett and White only netted four yards, and Cutler tried...
Sherwin again punted out; Browne fumbled, but Cutler recovered the ball and ran it back to Dartmouth's 52-yard line. A forward pass failed, Dartmouth receiving the ball on its own 45-yard line. Pollard made five yards on a fake kick, and Sherwin punted. The ball was fumbled and went to Dartmouth, only to be given back to Harvard for interference on its own 45-yard line. Corbett failed to gain, White bucked the centre for two yards, and Cutler punted to Pollard, who with good interference ran back to Dartmouth's 34-yard line. Sherwin's punt...