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...Harvard two years ago and held the university to a 16 to 6 score last season. Captain Kievenow, whose two place kicks gave his team six points and a tie at Soldiers Field in 1923, is now coaching the Middlebury eleven. Papke and Lobo, who have starred in the backfield the past two seasons, have graduated. Only on the ends, where Novotny and Captain Potter have starred for two seasons, does Middlebury resemble its former strength...
Yale's great backfield strength is shown by the fact that Cottle, last year's star halfback, has been unable to regain his position this season. Noble will be in his place, teaming up with three veterans, Bunnell, Allen, and Kline. With these men starting and a host of experienced backfield reserves on hand, Yale should have no difficulty in winning its first game by a comfortable margin...
...also appears strong behind the line. Caulkens, former St. Mark's star, will pilot the Orange and Black eleven, with Gilligan and the brilliant Stagle at the halfback positions, Dignan, like the halfbacks, a veteran, will do the line plunging from fullback. Coach Roper also has a complete reserve backfield on hand, composed of Bridges, Chandler, Ewing, and Prendergast. Bridges was star line bucker on the freshman team last fall and Ewing is Princeton's sharpshooting drop-kicker...
Last week Holy Cross toyed with an entirely unknown eleven, and today meet another, St. John's. The purple is looking ahead already to the Harvard contest, October 17, and will use many substitutes in this afternoon's encounter. Like Yale, Holy Cross has an abundance of first-class backfield material,, Glennon, a star two seasons ago, now ranking as third-string halfback...
There are several veterans in the line and with Captain Crowley, Wallis, Kittredge, and Wise starting in the backfield the Worcester eleven should have an easy time downing the visitors from New York...