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...furious battle between linemen who charged like bulls and tackled like demons, Fordham managed to beat Alabama by blocking a kick for a safety...
...Dartmouth came from behind in the second half, whipped a forward pass in the last few minutes to beat a butter-lingered Pennsylvania team 14-to-7. Four times Harvard hurled itself against Holy Cross on the 1-yd. line. Four times Holy Cross's massive linemen held, then backed Harvard clown the field in ten plays for the winning touchdown, 10-to-7. Indiana ended a rainy day against Northwestern with a net yardage of minus...
...Princeton made a touchdown. Columbia's Halfback Maniaci was running back the kick-off when two Princeton tacklers hit him so hard they jarred the ball loose. Princeton grabbed it, put it over the line in five smashing plays. In that period and the next, Princeton's linemen charged and blocked so fiercely that a flashy 153-lb. sophomore halfback named Garry Le Van easily made two more touchdowns, one of them by running back a punt 45 yd. behind brilliant interference. In the second half Columbia dug in courageously as if it were winning, refused...
...firmly believed that the team looked good in the first two games, and even after the Holy Cross disappointment we have confidence that Harvard will get under way before the season is much farther advanced and show the power which it really possesses. The material is there. The linemen are heavy, heady, and fast enough to match any college aggregate without demanding a handicap. The backs are fast, shifty, and with a few exceptions are rugged blockers and tacklers. The new Sophomore prospects have kept their word (when they are uninjured) and have proven in the scrimmages that they...
...until the last two minutes of the Holy Cross game. Furthermore, Wells remains the best forward pass man on the squad. Certainly he showed lack of field judgment on several occasions, but criticism of his general policy is open to question. He was hampered by the fact that his linemen, magnificent on the defense, were not giving him enough drive on the offensive. Hence the number of passes...