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Minor injuries are still handicapping the Yale football team, but the coaches are driving the remainder of the squad at top speed. On Tuesday Scovil retired in the middle of practice with a slightly wrenched knee and although it is expected that he will start the game against Princeton Saturday, he did not report yesterday and in all probability will not be given hard work previous to the game. Carter has not scrimmaged since his injury last month, but it is hoped to get him into condition for the contest with the University on November 21. Higginbotham is still lame...
...backfield Waite and Scovil showed up very well in yesterday's practice and Wilson, at quarter, put new life into the men. Von Holt was in the first actual scrimmage since breaking one of the bones in his wrist a few weeks ago. Le Gore is not in the best of shape and will probably not start against Princeton, while Wilson and Knowles are hardly strong enough to last through the entire contest...
...defence perceptibly, but upon his withdrawal the men seemed unable to put up a concerted opposition to the opponents' attack. Time and again the Brown backfield, headed by Murphy, slipped through holes for consistent gains. Yale used a substitute backfield throughout the game, and the men played well. Ainsworth, Scovil, Easton, and Guernsey ripped the Brown line to pieces and three times marched down the entire length of the field in short steady gains. A new formation involving a triple pass was successfully employed several times for gains of considerable length by the major eleven, but costly fumbles immediately following...
...series of end runs and a fortunate forward pass. With but five minutes left to play and leading by a meagre one point, the Yale team, re-enforced by the return of Captain Talbott, rushed the ball by hard line plunges down to the opponent's five-yard line. Scovil, on the fourth down pushed the ball across for the final score just previous to the end of the game...
...number of prominent statesmen, railroad and banking executives, and other well-known men of the United States and Canada will be present. Among the speakers will be Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture and a Canadian Cabinet Minister For further particulars and application for tickets address E. Medley Scovil, vice-president, Canadian Club, 44 Broad street, New York...