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...definitely announced that Coburn will be unable to take part in the scrimmage this week and consequently will not be fit to face the Tigers Saturday. With Coburn out, Coach Fisher will undoubtedly start a backfield composed of Buell, Owen, Gehrke, and Chapin...
...having met any real opposition since their opening game, the exact strength of the Florida team is still a matter of doubt. Dixon, a 205-pound backfield man will do the punting, and it is expected that the visitors will resort to a kicking game followed by an offensive chiefly of forward passes, although two of the backfield men showed marked ability last Saturday as broken-field runners when once loose...
Neither eleven at any time during the two hours of play appeared to have a marked advantage. The heavy Green line repulsed the tremendous attacks of the Crimson backfield time and again, while the visitors' offensive, with the exception of a brief and unsuccessful advance in fourth quarter, felt smothered beneath the University linesmen. It was only in the aerial game that Coach Fisher's men were clearly outstanding, completing more that half of their passes for neat gains. The Dartmouth team, on the other hand failed utterly in this department, and it was this weakness which allowed Jenkins...
Early in the second quarter Dartmouth interfered with a fair catch by Buell and the University was given first down on Dartmouth's 23-yard line. Again the Crimson backfield was stopped three times on the line of scrimmage and again Buell missed an attempted goal. But the first score came shortly afterward when the Crimson eleven gained the ball on Dartmouth's 25-yard line through a short kick coupled with a ten-yard penalty. A pass, Buell to Gebrke, followed by a four-yard plunge by Owen, gained first down. Then the visiting line braced for three plays...
...since last week. Potter, who was injured in the Andover game, is still out of the play. In the line, Bradford has returned after an injury to his foot, and the other positions are filled by new men, some of whom were tried out against Exeter last week. The backfield has been strengthened by the addition of Stafford, but otherwise is unchanged...