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...pernicious development of interference. His ruling is perfectly clear. "The use of the body and shoulder is legitimate, the use of hand or arm is not, and if they are used the balance of the sport is disturbed, because the tackling is rendered so ineffective as to be well nigh useless in the case of individuals, and the advances can only be checked by massing players at the point of attack. It is the open play that should be encouraged and not the mass work. The massing of men will be done to a sufficient extent if the rules...
Such an opinion, however, is not in any wise held in disparagement of the work of the Yale men. On the contrary, it shows that their work is to be admired the more. Yale's play was well-nigh perfect. The interference upon every rush was superb and the tackling and quick breaking through when Harvard had the ball were remarkable. The rush-line played as one man, and together with the backs formed an irresistible front for both Harvard's offensive and defensive play. At every point was Yale tried and at none was she found wanting...
...will find in it; and when it comes to aggressive work the Princeton eleven is apt to surprise Yale. Little is known of Princeton's team play, but we have seen that Yale's is at times really remarkable. Such work kept up throughout a game would be well nigh invincible. But the Yale team did not keep it up last Saturday, and it is hardly probable that it will on Thanksgiving Day. The chances are slightly in favor of Yale, but it is going to be a very close game and a very interesting one to watch...
...German university, like so many other German enterprises, is a government institution and the university system is well nigh perfect. The instruction differs from that usually given in our American universities in that the regular professors give instructions in the most elementary parts of the science, while the research is conducted by the youger...
...promenade week. These things, in the opinion of "Alumnus," the faculty cannot touch, but it can and should pass regulations controlling the giving of Germans and spreads, and thus relieve the willing students from a burden of expense which the addition of a few more years will render well nigh intolerable...