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Dartmouth Captain Praises Latent Power of Crimson Eleven--Attributes Harvard Fall to Lack of Versatility

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Captain R. B. MacPhail, Dartmouth quarterback, and other members of the victorious Green football machine, attributed the failure of Harvard to capitalize its scoring opportunities to a lack of diversified offensive plays. When interviewed after the game last Saturday, MacPhail told a CRIMSON reporter that Harvard had tremendous power, but that it was not concentrated in the right channels for consistent scoring.

In explanation of his statement, the Dartmouth captain pointed out that Harvard gained steadily through the line, and could make four or five first downs by line plunges, but lacked ability to open up its play and make long gains. "Banking at the line is all right," said MacPhail, "but when a team has to keep it up for 50 yards of gain, it wears itself out and is certain to be stopped eventually at the end of such a long march." MacPhail went on to say that if a Dartmouth team cannot make at least one long gain in a 40 yard advance the coach does not expect it to score.

"In the game today, Dartmouth lacked co-ordination except in a few flashes and our scores came at those times," said MacPhail. "Harvard had power right up to the final whistle, and fought hard, but the ends were poor. With them out it was easy to make long runs. The line was wonderful, and your center played a great game."

J. C. McAvoy, Dartmouth end, added that "Harvard had a powerful line that followed the ball unusually well, but the score shows the difference in methods of offense. Harvard's plug-a-way style could not possibly net the same yardage as Dartmouth's varied offensive attack," McAvoy seconded MacPhail's praise of the Harvard center, but declined to comment upon the work of the Crimson ends.

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