Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University team is not in such urgent need of candidates, but fresh material is welcome. So far about 30 have reported, but about 10 more men are needed so that a third team can be formed. The first game is still three weeks off, which gives plenty of chance for the new candidates to learn the game. For the last few days twenty minute scrimmages have been the rule, and the team is slowly rounding into better shape...
Yesterday afternoon the matches in the first round of the annual fall singles tennis tournament were played off and a considerable number of second round contests were also concluded. The following matches in the second, third and fourth rounds are scheduled for this afternoon. As usual, all matches are to take place on Jarvis Field. The courts will be furnished free, but contestants must supply their own balls. The same rules in regard to defaulting matches apply as yesterday...
...Holy Cross played better in the second period but again the punting and line plunging of Driggs was too much for the locals. The big Princeton full-back simply would not be denied, kicking and carrying the ball past all opposition and registering a third touchdown. Moore again kicked the goal...
...Holy Cross grew stronger and played better in each succeeding period. In the third it made its first down and held the ball in midfield when the period ended. In the fourth period Holy Cross-tried line plays unsuccessfully and Higgins, who substituted at quarterback for Twitchell, tried a forward pass, which was intercepted by Rutt of the Tigers...
...first half ended 12 to 0 for Yale, the attempts of Legore to kick goals after touchdowns failing miserably. In the third period Bingham, Jacques and Legore took turns in carrying the ball, following Jacques's run back of the kick-off to the 45-yard line. Finally Bingham shot through the right side of Carnegie's line for a twenty-three-yard run and a touchdown. This time Legore kicked a goal. Several substitutes were put in by Tad Jones at this point, and in the fourth quarter an entirely new backfield was working...