Word: shevlin
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...Yale, the general work of both ends was conspicuously effective, and Shevlin's running back of punts was the best in the game. Rockwell at quarterback sustained his reputation for generalship and gave an unusual amount of aid to the runner. Hogan and Bloomer opened up good holes and were strong in defense, but their play was not conspicuous because of the effectiveness of their opponents...
Roraback kicked off to Randall who brought the ball back 18 yards to Harvard's 28-yard line. Mills failed to gain at centre and Sperry tried left end but was thrown by Shevlin for a loss of 5 yards. Sperry punted to Yale's 47-yard line and Rockwell ran the ball back 10 yards. Flinn on his first try failed to gain through Derby, but on the next went through him for 3 yards. Morse got 6 yards through Brill, and then, with Bloomer back, made 2 more, to Harvard's 41-yard line. Hogan made 2 yards...
Matthews went in for Randall and Shevlin ran in the kick-off 33 yards from his 5-yard line. Hoyt was thrown by Sperry without gain, and Flinn made 5 yards through centre on a fake kick. On a quarterback run around Montgomery, Rockwell gained 11 yards. Yale was then forced to punt and Starr ran the ball back 10 yards to Harvard's 25-yard line. Harvard, in turn, had to punt and Hoyt, catching the ball at Yale's 45-yard line, was downed in his tracks by Montgomery. Derby was then taken out and Parkinson went...
...second half the teams lined up without change. Shevlin caught the kick-off on Yale's 8-yard line and ran back 20 yards. He was tackled so hard by Matthews that he dropped the ball, but Neal recovered it. Hoyt at once punted to Starr on Harvard's 47-yard line. Brill fumbled and Neal again secured the ball for Yale. Flinn got 1 yard at centre, and Morse 5 behind Bloomer. Bloomer took the ball but was thrown back for a loss of 1 yard. Hogan made 2 yards at centre and Hoyt kicked out of bounds...
...Shevlin '06, left end. Weight 190 pounds, height 5 feet 10 inches, age 21 years. Prepared at Hill School...