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Last month the Hanoverians invaded the Arena, to fall before the Crimson onslaught by a 4 to 2 score. The superiority shown by Captain Ellison's team in that contest must count heavily in any attempt to forecast tonight's result. The Harvard record to date is more impressive than that of the Green. A 4 to 3 decision yielded to McGill in an overtime contest early in the season, and a 1 to 1 deadlock with the Toronto skaters, are the only blemishes on the scroll that presents a fine array of Crimson victories, including...
...herd thundered off into fastnesses of their island (18 miles long, five wide), they could not know the worst: that this was no casual foray by human meat-hunters, but slaughter by up-to-date sportsmen, with intent to decimate. Not hunger but commercialism had precipitated the onslaught. The buffalo of Antelope Island were doomed, all but about 50 of them, to make way for more manageable and profitable cattle...
...nearly launched last week by agitators in the pay of the Cantonese who were only checked when Major V. K. Ting of Shanghai discovered their plot and ordered cut the railway over which they expected to receive re-enforcements. These developments, adding to the fear of an immediate onslaught by Chang Kaishek, left foreigners and Chinese alike terror-stricken in Shanghai...
...down for all he is worth. Meanwhile the right end, fullback, left halfback, left end and quarterback fall in behind him and push. Thus a wedge of six men is hurled at the opposing line like a flying meat axe. No human frame could withstand the momentum of this onslaught. It can be readily seen that under the old rule of five yards in three downs no ordinary defense methods could keep a team with this attack from marching down the field for touchdowns almost at will...
Coach Knox's University Seconds bowed before the onslaught of an eleven from the U. S. S. Florida, whose backfield was made up of former Annapolis stars. The score...