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...Hartley, and Greenough for Dunker, but otherwise the line-up was the game as that which started the Centre game. When the Green invaded the Stadium for the first time since 1912, neither team showed any marked advantage. The heavy Dartmouth line repulsed the tremendous attacks of the Crimson backfield time and again, while the visitors' offence, with the exception of a brief and unsuccessful advance in the fourth period, was smothered beneath the University linesmen. In the aerial game, however, Coach Fisher's men obviously outshone their opponents, as it was the latter's weakness in this department that...
...points apparent from analysis of the season is that the Crimson has not yet met any excellent opposition and is consequently still practically an untried machine as respects a prediction as to how much power it can show against the Tigers today. With its experienced backfield, there is little question but that 'its offensive will prove wholly capable of its task. The doubt arises as to how strong the defence will prove to be against the onslaughts of such runners as Cleaves, Crum, and Caldwell...
Just what position Fitts will fill if sent into the game has not been given out by the Crimson coaches. He will either be sent into the backfield to relieve Gehrke of the punting responsibility or to one of the ends to assist chiefly on the receiving end of a forward pass attack. Churchill, Hammond, Fullbright, and Spalding are the most likely backfield substitutes...
Princeton opened her season on September 30 against Johns Hopkins. The visitors held the Tiger scoreless during the first quarter but then weakened as the Orange and Black backfield crashed through for four touchdowns and a field goal. Coach Roper used many substitutes yet none of the combinations showed much power. Although three different quarterbacks were sent in, all showed poor judgment at times in the selection of plays and none was able to instill a real drive into the eleven...
Both the University and Princeton elevens will be materially weakened by graduation of veterans next spring. The Crimson team will lose five regulars and seven substitutes from its squad of 41 men. Of these three are regular backfield players. Princeton likewise will be heavily hit by the loss of six regulars and five substitutes from their squad of 37 players. Two of the regulars are backfield...