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...Yale backfield is heavier than the Princeton carrying quartet, and in running ability seems just about as powerful. Yale has no back so individually brilliant as Slagle, but Noble, Cutler, and Cottle are speedsters who should give the Tigers plenty of trouble. Dignan's line plunging ability has had great effect in Princeton's last two games, but with Sturhahn in the Yale line he and Bridges are likely to find difficulty in gaining much ground...
Starting the season with the best backfield material in history, Brown faced its first entirely "home" season with high hopes. Rhode Island State College was the first opponent to invade the new Brown Stadium, and Captain Stifler's men had little difficulty in running up an impressive score. The 33 to 0 victory augured well for the future...
...Jones, head coach of the Yale eleven. Coach Jones, who received one of the few postcards that escaped suppression, refused to vote. He did not indicate his belief in McGeehan's declaration that Harvard was ready to swap two presidents and three department heads for a good backfield; and he did not show agreement with the CRIMSON's statement that the University would not exchange one item of its academic prestige for the greatest eleven in history. The Yale mentor merely wrote: "You are only making Harvard and the game of football ridiculous...
Physically the two teams are well matched. The Tiger forward line, with Captain McMillan its largest man, outweighs the Crimson barrier, but Harvard has the edge in the backfield weight...
Harvard has no back who can compare with Slagle, brilliant Tiger carrier who led the Nassau attack in the Stadium last year. Crosby, scrappy Crimson Sophomore, is the nearest approach to Slagle in the Crimson backfield: each is a shifty runner and each weighs 158 pounds. Slagle, however, is a fine forward, passer, and Captain Cheek is met by a worthy rival in this feature of the game...