Word: yesterday
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...game between the Freshmen and Andover yesterday resulted in a tie, 0 to 0, for although the Freshmen slightly outplayed their opponents, they were unable to score. The Freshman eleven has improved considerably since the Exeter game last Saturday. The interference was more effective and the linemen charged their opponents more aggressively. There was surprisingly little fumbling in spite of the slippery ball...
Harvard defeated Bates College yesterday afternoon, scoring one more point than Yale did against the same team ten days ago. Although Bates made consistent gains at times in the first half, the substitution in the second of Campbell, Daly, Burnett, Donald and Eaton for some of the substitutes made the defense much stronger. In spite of the absence of Hallowell, the ends played a good tackling game, and made every yard of Sawin's punts tell...
...hard line-plunging by Hurley, Warren and Ellis, a costly fumble, or offside play would give the ball to Bates, and lessen the chances for a touchdown. Hurley and Sawin were the only backs who went into the line low. The hurdling style of Ellis and Warren, although effective yesterday, will not gain ground against a strong team. In the back-field, Sawin did excellent work. He outpunted Putnam repeatedly and by following his interference well, made several long runs...
Professor Arthur Twining Hadley, was inaugurated President of Yale yesterday afternoon. The innovations introduced in the ceremonies were in accord with the departure from tradition in the selection of a layman to fill the presidential office. The Latin oration, which has been pronounced at every previous inauguration, was omitted this year, and in its stead a chorus of one hundred Yale undergraduates, accompanied by a symphony orchestra of fifty pieces, was introduced. The exercises, which were very simple, consisted of a march to the chapel, where the inauguration oath was administered by the Reverend Joseph H. Twitchell, an address...
Professor Hadley's cabinet was completed yesterday by the election of F. Tyler to be university treasurer, in place of W. W. Farnam, who has held the office for eleven years, practically during the whole of President Dwight's administration...