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McCall, a substitute for two years, has turned out this season as the greatest running back on the team. An 84-yard run-back of the opening kick-off in the Holy Cross game literally gave the contest to the Big Green, while if he hadn't been caught from behind in the Columbia clash after a 68-yard sprint, that fracas might have ended in a tie. In the epic battle with Yale last Saturday this great ground-gainer piled up more yards than any other back in the game, not excluding Albie Booth, and pulled off some remarkably...
Michigan, the other team in the tie, beat Minnesota on Halfback Wheeler's run-back of a punt, 7 to 0. Michigan still has to beat the feeble Chicago team this week...
...work of Owen, paved the way to the Harvard victory, chiefly his inspiring, side-stepping run-back of O'Hearn's punt, which placed the Crimson in scoring position. A moment later he himself carried the ball over the goal line. His excellent defensive work also was one of the chief reasons why the Bulldog failed to gain a touchdown, and was five times compelled to attempt a score by the precarious drop-kick method...
...against the southerners and team C was sent in before the contest was over. Not one of the men who was in the opening line-up against Centre ran onto the field at the beginning of the Florida game. High points of the play were Churchill's 90-yard run-back of the opening kick-off for a touchdown, and Dickson's remarkable punts, which were responsible more than anything else for keeping the University in mid-field during the second period. Hammond's consistent kicking, as well as the two goals which he sent over after the touchdowns...
Aided materially by Churcill's brilliant 9-yard run-back of the opening kick-off for the first touchdown, the University substitute eleven found little difficulty in piling up 24 points against the sturdy Florida team in the Stadium Saturday...