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...length, six miles, and consisted of three irregular loops, the first about three miles long and the others about a mile and a half each. The start and finish were in front of the grandstand. Owing to the rain Friday and the frost Saturday morning, the footing was very poor. In some places the ground was covered with mud and puddles of water, and in others was very treacherous from the thawing of frozen surfaces...
...rush which brought the spectators to their feet. On the third play Francis recovered a fumbled punt on Harvard's 18-yard line, from where two plays placed the ball on the 10-yard line. Howe dropped back to try for a goal from the field, but a poor pass from the centre delayed him so that he could not get the kick off but was tackled for a loss of eight yards. The University team received the ball on downs and immediately Felton punted out of danger. After two rushes Yale again punted, losing five yards on the exchange...
...length, six miles, and consisted of three irregular loops, the first about three miles long and the others about a mile and a half each. The start and finish were in front of the grandstand. Owing to the rain yesterday and the frost this morning, the footing was very poor. In some places the ground was covered with mud and puddles of water, and in others was very treacherous from the thawing of frozen surfaces...
...maximum amount of power out of it. The test will be to see whether the latter can stand the physical strain of the game after his injury, and whether the former can stand the mental strain, in spite of the persistent rumors of his poor nervous condition. weighs 165. Camp, the left halfback, is six feet tall, the tallest man seen in the Yale backfield since the days of Malcolm McBride. The weights vary from Howe at 153 to Paul at 193, who is the heaviest man on the team. The average weight of the rush line is 182 pounds...
Many and frequent have been the rumors as to the poor physical condition of the Yale team. Captain Howe with very just cause was badly used up after last Saturday. The fact that his eleven has been built up around him gave such a statement unusual bearing on today's game. Yet we not only venture, we are positive, that Captain Howe will appear on Soldiers Field today and play the best game of his career. We have heard that the Yale team is not an all-star eleven, but is made up of fair men with only fair ability...