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...eleven over the earlier games of the season. A week and inconsistent attack, together with a mediocre defence, was the undoing of the Yale machine, in spite of the fact that material for a strong eleven appeared available. Unable to score through Brown's line the Yale offence proved powerless in the open field and Brown's sensational running attack crumbled the Yale defence in the second half. Present indications point to the Princeton's team entering the contest next Saturday a strong favorite...
...University football team had no trouble defeating the Virginia eleven 51 to 0 in a very one-sided game in the Stadium last Saturday afternoon. Virginia was powerless to stop the University backs, who made long gains practically at will. The Southerners were never dangerous and only once had the ball in the University's half of the field, this being after the successful completion of a series of forward passes, of which, the last however, was intercepted by Minot '17, who ran 65 yards for a touchdown...
...opponents. The line effectually threw off the futile attacks of the Andover backfield while the Exeter attack, headed by Casey, marched down the field with a succession of terrific line plunges and forward passes and punts which gained ground on every exchange. Humiliated and bumbled, the Andover team was powerless on both the attack and defence...
...short signal drill, but withdrew when it came time for scrimmage, the substitutes engaging the second team in an hour-long game. The University team made two touchdowns, one by Whitney and the other by Rollins. The line played so hard that the second team backs were powerless on the attack. The work of the substitutes is gradually improving as the new men learn the finer points of the game...
...that the University will play in more than a practice game next Saturday Colby scored twice on flukes; at no other time were they in Tufts danger zone. Wide end runs by Hadley and Wescott, and some beautiful complicated forward passes permitted Tufts to gain at will, Colby being powerless to cope with this open style of play. A triple pass, netting thirty yards, was worked to perfection by the Medford team...