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...that time and never been really in the situation of having its "back against the wall' Just what it will be able to do when this situation occurs, as it undoubtedly will occur this afternoon, is difficult to say. The team started the season with a wealth of backfield material, most of which is intact for this game. The line was something of a problem but has been brought along so that it plays a good defensive game as was shown against Dartmouth. The downfield work of the line and ends under kicks has not been all that could...
...easily beat Princeton this year. Just why this should be so is difficult to say, unless these would-be optimists are looking only at the teams on paper. Even this is difficult to explain after the Chicago game. Harvard has a good team with a better than average backfield but it is an untried organization. It has as yet this year not had a real fight on its hands and even at that has stumbled a good deal in its offensive work. Princeton, on the other hand has had a fight, it has a thoroughly tried and proven team...
Mosely, Howe, and Cheek are slated to start in the backfield, with McGlone at quarter. This quartet is light but fast, and should be able to make consistent gains, especially around ends...
...with Hartley and Gordon ends, Greenough and Hobson tackles, Anthony and Miller guards, Kernan center, Spalding quarterback: Churchill, Coburn, and Fitts backs. The line-up included two changes: Coburn was back again after an absence of more than two weeks and Fitts was shifted from the team C backfield. In the dummy scrimmage Gehrke and Owen alternated in the punting for team A while Churchill and Fitts did the kicking...
...conclusion of that practice, Coach Fisher sent team A through a long signal drill during which he tried several substitutions. Fitts was sent in for Holder at right end, Kernan for Clark at center, and Churchill for Chapin in the backfield. Spalding replaced Buell at quarterback during part of signal drill and was himself later replaced by Pfaffman...