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HARLOW USES MATHEMATICS TO HELP DOWN LORD JEFFS

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Mathematics, the pure science, was enlisted Saturday to aid Harvard's Varsity eleven in their tussle with Amherst. The first time Harlow's men kicked off the cunning of the 1936 squad became apparent.

For instead of kicking from the middle of the 40-yard line, the ball was booted from 15 yards inside the side line. Technical calculations, it seems, involving surveying and calculus have determined that a ball properly kicked from the new position should, with proper altitude, allow members of the kicking team to be down the field on top of the receiver when the ball reaches him. Other advantages of the new system are that it reduces the number of yards linemen on the kicking team have to run and theoretically it boxes the receiver into a smaller area.

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