Williams at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, October 2, 1904, page 6

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  HARVARD BEATS WILLIAMS HANDILY Crimson Backs Tear Up Opponents Line for Victory, “a to o. Cambridge. Mass. oct In two fifteen minute halves Harvard to-day score Of p points against Williams. aud not only did not allow her opponents TO score. hut kept them from gaining more than twenty five yards In the entire contest Against fairly heavy team. Harvard’s defence was stone wall and her attack snappy and powerful \ot in the last three years has a Harvard team in lhe first game OF the shown such possibiljties. The handling OF the ball was remarkably clean. the line played low and charged quickly getting the jump on their lighter opponents every lime and the team I..sS,d well together The kick ing however though Iar superior TO the attempts of Williams. mediocre Twice in the first half and once in the second half with Hurley. Nichols. Mills and NoLss in the backfield. Willlams’s line yielded 10 the fierce plungng OF these Crimson backs. who. at each touchdown, had carried the ball from forty TO nfty wards without losing ii A set Of backs Means Nesmth H6nley and kernan-Tepeated the arick for fourth score. and then carried the bail within ward Of a fifth touchdown. when Will SANS braced and held Harvard for downs. the only time i’m the game This was the one disappointing feature Of the Crimsons play, Noyes at quarter and Bull tackle for Harvard played brilliant games. The lineup and ScOre:t

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 2, 1904, page 11

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  HOWARD PLAYERS ARE IN FINE FORM Crimson Eleven Plays as One Man YALE MAKES GOOD START In Game Marked By Brilliant Plays Princeton Defeats Georgetown. Other Results on the Gridlron. YALE MAKES GOOD START Cambridge, Mass. October L--Harvard defeated Williams in the first football game of the season today by the score of 24 to 0. During the whole game the Crimson players worked as single man, following the ball very closely. The Harvard men directed their strength al- most entirely against their opponents line, and they were able to break through almost at will Only once was Harvard held for downs, and that was after the team was large ly made up of substitutes. Brill, the former Exeter t-ckle, now a Harvard freshman, was given a trial at left tackle where he opened up great holes in the Williams line The work of Mills al full back was noteworthy. He repeatedly ploughed his way through for gains oi five and ten yards.

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  The Montgomery advertiser, October 2, 1904, page 5

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  HARyARD,s FINE GAME. Brill, Former Exeter Tackle, Is Pronin- ing Player. Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 1.-Harvard defeated Williams in the first football game of the season today by the score of 24 to 0. During the whole game the Crimson players worked as @ single man, following the ball very closely. The Harvard men directed their strength almost entirely against their opponents line and they were able Io break through almost at will. Only once was Harvard held for downs. and that was after the team was largely made up of subs. Brill the former Exeter tackle, now Harvard freshman, was given a trIal at left tackle, where he opened up great holes in the williams line. The work of Mills at full back was noteworthy. He repeatedly pIowed his way through for gains of five and ten yards.

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Harvard leads 30–⁠0 in 30 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.