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...field under punts. Wigglesworth, who played in the latter part of the Yale game last year, will play quarterback today. His ability is unquestioned and throughout the season he has shown skill in varying the attack and inspiring the team to do its best. In generalship he is a shade above Potter, who, however, has the better of Wigglesworth on taking risks. Both are fairly efficient at drop-kicks and can be depended upon to score inside the 25-yard line. Although Wigglesworth will start, Potter will undoubtedly get in, as the difference between the two is very slight...
Owing to the great variety of the shades which have hitherto been used on flags and sweaters as the College color, the Corporation has decided that a single official crimson is necessary, and has authorized it for all Faculty purposes. It is of the color of material blood, being more purple and much richer than the shade now in use, which beside it looks brown and dull by contrast...
...second half Yale had a shade the better of it, but this was principally due to the fact that Vincent greatly outpunted Minot, who had taken Cutler's place at fullback. With the exception of two tries for field goals by Yale, neither team came near scoring...
...successive end runs by MacKay and Young of 30 yards each, which immediately preceded Brown's touchdown. The Brown team greatly outweighed the Freshman and had better team work, but the individual playing of Crowley, Harding, Smith, Barbour, and Corbett was so good, that Brown had only a shade the better of it. The Freshman backs did not particularly distinguish themselves, though Cutler out punted MacKay by a good margin...
This afternoon the University second football eleven will play its third game of the season with the second team of Brown University in the Stadium, starting after the first half of the Freshman game. Comparing the scores of both teams last Saturday, Brown has a shade the best of it. Harvard was beaten by Exeter 11 to 0, while Brown held Andover to a field goal...