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Individually many of Harvard's men played a superb game. Burr's punting was superior to that of Veeder, and several times he showed remarkable nerve in getting off kicks when the passes had been poor and Yale men were about to block him. Osborne at tackle was the most conspicuous man in the two lines, often breaking through to block plays, tackling hard, and following the ball exceptionally well. Macdonald was not always alert, and at times he was blocked out of plays that he should have stopped. Starr several times overran his man and in general...
...individual work and powerful resistance on the part of the University team, but most of all by a skilled use of open plays. Yale's touchdown, very near the close of the first half, came as the result of a recovered onside kick and a long forward pass from Veeder to Alcott on Harvard's four-yard line, when the former had dropped back as if for a kick. Forbes, who had been called back to strengthen the back field, gained only two yards on a line buck, but in the next play Roome forced his way by Peirce...
...first few minutes of play it looked as if the University eleven would score for shortly after the first kick-off Macdonald secured the ball on Yale's 45-yard line after Parker had blocked Veeder's punt. A forward pass to Starr gained 21 yards, and two line bucks by Wendell carried the ball to the 17-yard line. Here Newhall tried a drop kick, but Biglow broke through the line and after blocking the ball downed it on Yale's 44-yard line. Several exchanges of punts followed on one of which Veeder sent the ball over Harvard...
...line on penalties, but each time Yale punted out of danger. Newhall secured the second punt on the 34-yard line, and a forward pass to Orr, and two rushes by Wendell carried the ball to Yale's 22-yard line. Here, however, Lincoln fumbled, Forbes securing the ball. Veeder at once punted and when Newhall fumbled the catch, Forbes downed the ball on Harvard's 47-yard line. After putting in a fresh set of backs Yale tried to rush the ball over the line, but on the 12-yard line Wernecken, who had taken Morse's place...
Although Burr's punts carried farther than Veeder's, Yale had the advantage in kicking because they ran the ball back better, partly due to the weakness of the University team's ends and partly to their own ability. In the first half Yale had the advantage of the wind in kicking, while this same fact partly accounts for Burr's excellent work in the second half when the conditions were reversed. Harvard gained more ground than Yale in the first half by 10 yards, even including the 18 yards covered by Veeder's forward pass which made...