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Only five of the eleven men who start today's game were in the opening lineup a year ago. Coady, Kilgour, Lindner and Sayles were in the line against Rensellaer a year ago, but this fall Sayles is shifted to the backfield and is listed to start at halfback. Miller is the fifth of the veterans. He will start at the fullback position...
Coach Casey, all-American backfield choice while at Harvard and former head coach at Tufts, succeeds T. J. Campbell '12, who resigned as Freshman football coach last year in order to enter business in Boston. The new first-year tutor expects the largest turn out of Freshman candidates in history to answer his call today, and will start immediately on a system of training similar to that carried out by the University squad. C. H. Bradford '26, guard on last year's University eleven will be in charge of the linemen this season along with Rufus Bond...
Work yesterday afternoon was confined to individual work. Ralph Horween '18, brother of the head coach and backfield tutor, had his charges punting early in the afternoon, while the ends were sent down under the kicks. Following a brief rest the squad was put through a hard, breaking through drill and then sent to work on the tackling dummy...
...coach of the Freshman gridiron team, W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, replied that Casey would in all probability return to Cambridge in some capacity but that any official appointment would depend on future action of the Athletic Committee. It is practically certain that the former University backfield star will not return to Tutts where he has acted as head coach for the last four years...
...Crimson captained by H. H. Dadmun '17 defeated Princeton 3 to 0, but was defeated by Yale 6 to 3 when an Eli back recovered a fumble in the final period. The year following the war, Casey was again at his post in the backfield of the great Harvard team which downed Yale 10 to 3, and later in the season journeyed to Pasadena where it triumphed over a strong Oregon eleven by a 7 to 6 count. Although not a heavy player, Casey gained national distinction as a fast, hard driving back, who was equally dangerous on either...