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Three positions in the backfield are unquestionable. Gerhke, Miller, and Hammond will certainly be the first driving threat directed against Nassau. But the quarterback berth which has baffled all speculation throughout the early season, still continues to be indefinite. Will it be Cheek, Spalding, or Stafford...
...record of these two luminaries has been equally impressive. Slagle was the only backfield man certain to start against the Crimson at the beginning of the week. While Hammond has not stood out with such conspicuousness, the knowledge that his kicking has been a big factor in the Crimson showing thus far, and the realization that he has shown himself to be, not only a consistent line plugger, but able to make long runs, makes him a threat to be feared. Princeton rooters still wonder why his brilliant dash in the Dartmouth game did not result in a Harvard touchdown...
...League of Nations backfield...
Drilled in the technique of every Notre Dame play, in the very mannerisms of every Notre Dame backfield man, Princeton's sons went sanguinely into battle and found themselves facing-a team of substitutes. Abstractedly they wrangled through the first period, chafed with a black curiosity for what lay ahead. The second period began, Coach Rockne's regulars swept out in a cluster; Tiger nerves jangled. What Coach Rockne's incomparable strategy had begun, Halfback Crowley's mighty thews executed. Twice, after prolonged offensives, the ball went through the gallant Princeton defense for touchdowns. Score: Notre...
...Saturday proved to be slight, took part in the dummy scrimmage. When the University eleven lined up for a scrimmage against the scrubs on Tuesday, there were missing from the regular line-up the two ends, Bingham and Luman: Bench, quarterback; Lovejoy, center; and Pond and Cottle from the backfield. All these men were at the field in uniform except Captain Lovejoy, who was in street clothes and who followed the scrimmage with the coaches. The large lay-off was the result of a decision to rest some of the players while others were out on account of slight injuries...