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While Harvard was tasting defeat on Saturday, several of the University's future opponents spent rather drab afternoons. Yale, in conquering Georgia by 19 to 0, showed some glaring weaknesses, while Princeton was lucky to tie Washington and Lee 7 to 7. William and Mary, who visit the Stadium this week, fell before a powerful Syracuse eleven 35 to 0.
Tufts, Dartmouth, and Brown, the remaining teams on the Harvard schedule, were successful, but only the last named team had an easy game.
Georgia Presses Eli Eleven
The University of Georgia, heralded as future Southern champions, gave the Elis a hard workout. Captain Morton of the southerners was the best man on the field, and his slashing line attacks kept the Blue line always on the defensive. In the first half the Georgia team played the Yale aggregation to a standstill; the line smothered any attempt of the Blue to gain on running attacks, and Yale was forced to resort to forward passes and an occasional end run to gain ground. Two long passes, Kline to Bunnell, gave Yale her only first half score. Noble failed to kick the goal; and the six point lead was too slim for the perfect peace of the Blue supporters.
The great running of Pruce Caldwell brought Yale the last two touchdowns. In the third period Caldwell took the ball almost single-handed from his own 43 yard line across the Georgia goal. The only gain in this march that Caldwell did not make himself was a three yard buck by Foote. Again in the fourth quarter, Caldwell took the ball over after a series of nighty rushes.
New Haven Line Play Weak
Throughout the game the Eli line play was poor. Time and again the linemen permitted the opposing defense to break through and smear Yale backs behind their own line. The tackling of the Blue team was sloppy and inefficient, which means that the coaches have their work cut out to get the squad in good shape for the Dartmouth tilt next week.
Washington and Lee brought a smart, courageous eleven to the Palmer Stadium and outplayed the Tigers in handy fashion. The Orange and Black started well, when Williams dashed 60 yards through the entire visiting team, to score a touchdown after eleven dodging and straight-arming had taken, him, running alone, past the last three of his foes. Washington and Lee squared matters with Williams in the third period, when Tips, visiting guard, scooped up a kick that the Princeton back had fumbled, and racod 25 yards for the score.
Generals Near Last Minute Victory
The Generals almost won the game in the last two plays. Spotts, playing right and interecpted a Princeton pass and ran to the 17 yard line. On the next play Rauber passed to Spotts who was in position behind the goal, but Strubing of Princeton knocked the ball down as the whistle blew.
The Princeton line was outrushed by 13 first downs to 11, and the continued loose handling of the pigskin hurt the Tiger's chances. Captain Davis, of the Orange and Black, was on the side line because of injurics, and Slagle, famous triple threat man, played only a few minutes.
Dartmouth Fails in Overhead Attack
Dartmouth had a hard fight on its hands to subdue a game team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute by 21 to 0. The southerners had a tight defense against forward passes, and the Big Green team found its aerial attack powerless. Straight drives through the line were used almost entirely in the Hanoverian offense, and a strong Virginia forward wall held this offense scoreless during the first and third periods.
MacPhall and Looley were the stars on the Dartmouth team. Peak, of the visitors, was a constant threat, and his kicking was instrumental in keeping the ball out of Virginia territory.
Brown Crushes Lehigh Eleven
Displaying a fast, versatile backfield behind a hard-charging line, with the two parts functioning in machine-like style, Brown crushed a bewildered Lehigh team by 32 to 0. Randall was a terror to the Lehigh defense, tearing through big holes in the line to reap gain after gain. Edes, at quarterback, was effective in running back kick, taking the ball on the dead run, and attaining his full speed almost at once. The cooperation of the line and backfield was excellent, and the Erunonians give every promise of being hard to stop in later games.
Syracuse Victor Over William and Mary
Syracuse proved too strong for William and Mary. Twenty-nine first downs for the victors to one for the losers tells the story of the Orange superiority. The southerners vaunted aerial attack was throttled, only two passes out of ten being successful.
Tufts had a ten point margin over Bates at the end of the game. Browne and Ray were the outstanding players for Tufts, the former scoring on a 12 yard end run after a long march down the field. Fitzgerald kicked a field goal early in the first period.
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