The first ten minutes of the match saw the Marines employing their superior weight most effectively, the pack shoving the Club all over the field in the many set serums called.
The ball was coming back to Farrel fairly regularly, but Laird averted one disaster after another by grimly "holding on to the American scrum-"halt when in possession to prevent.|him from getting his backs cleanly amy. Some difficulty was experi-;|enced by both scrum-halves in putting the ball in properly, resulting in the whistle being blown almas continually.
Rigg and Conrad indulged in a long Kicking duel in which the "leatherneck" came off best and zithough the: Club made their way up the field in spasmodic rushes, the ball soon found its way back to the Club's 25 where the greater pert of the play took place. Bixler, Juracko, Cooper and Terra did well for the Marines in forward rushes, while Havriluk performed excellently on "the wing Mills, Stewart and Kennedy put in a great deci of work in breaking up the Marine footwork, but as soon as they smashed one attack, the Americans reformed and back they came again.
Few movements among the outsides were noted and all attempts by the Marines to gèt their backs moving were defeated by the determined and concerted efforts of the Club defence.
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