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...game was old-fashioned football line plunging being the order of the day, and fumbling was very frequent. The Maine eleven carried the ball three times to within ten yards of the B. U. goal and B. U. took the pigskin the same distance twice, but no score resulted. The most brilliant piece of open field running that B. U. showed was when Henry carried a kickoff from behind his own goal to the middle of the field. Carlson and Hirtle were the only Boston backs who showed much offensive power...
...greater part of the first half was taken up by a punting duel between Slagle and Dignan, with the advantage slightly on the side of the former. The whistle blew with the first string gridders in a position to score, Williams, who replaced Slagle, and Caldwell having placed the pigskin on the substitutes' 8-yard line. Another punting duel between Dignan and Williams featured the second half as well. The University line showed a marked weakness in charging and failed to open adequate holes for the backs...
...three downs the scrubs were immovable, then Zarakov, aided by perfect interference, broke loose through left tackle and carried the pigskin 20 yards before being stopped. Another ten yards the University advanced, but were held for downs on the scrub 20-yard strip...
Team A was given the pigskin on the center line. It immediately found itself facing much sterner opposition than at any previous time this season, for after driving the scrubs back to their 43-yard line, it lost the ball on downs. Then Heagney, one of the blackshirt's best backs, dropped back to receive a long pass from center. He muffed it, and half a dozen Crimson players closed in. But from out of the mass a figure dashed, dodged one or two tacklers, and then tore down the field, leaving behind a group of dazed players. When...
...yard line to the goal posts they repeated the charge of the day before. Pounding constantly at the scrub's line they rapidly drove them on Hodler substituted for Adie, Cheek for Spalding, and Puffer for Gehrke. It was Puffer, recently arisen from the seconds, who finally carried the pigskin over...