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...line through which a major portion of the Princeton gains went Saturday. Secondly he must bring more smoothness and coordination into the backfield. There is plenty of power there, but twice in the Tiger battle a mix-up in the signals proved very costly to the Crimson. In the third place the University men must be in first-class physical condition for the Yale contest...
...this fall has been the serious lack of second string material. With its three stars--Captain Keck, Lourie, and Garrity--the Orange and Black presents a most formidable aggregation, as proved by its easy victory over Colgate. But without the two last named players to add speed to the backfield, the New Jersey team is surprisingly weak. It is due to this inability to find two adequate substitute backs that Princeton owed its defeat at the hands of the Navy and Chicago...
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Coach Fisher took drastic measures, and when the team lined up against Indiana the next Saturday five changes were visible in its makeup. Captain Kane and Tierney had gone to tackle, Bradford was at center, while in the backfield, Gehrke and Jenkins took the place of Chapin and Fitts. The result was a great improvement. In spite of a pouring rain, the heavy forwards were into everything, blocking punts and recovering many fumbles. The result was never in doubt. The Hoosier eleven was swept off its feet to the tune...
Nearly every man on the squad took part in the scrimmage this afternoon, in which a second string backfield was used. Smith scored a touchdown against the scrub eleven during the scrimmage. Excellent form in punting was shown. Lourie's punts averaged 47 yards, while Vangerbig consistently made 45 yards. In drop-kick practice, Smith and Baker starred, placing kicks over the cross-bar from the thirty-yard line. Coach Roper strongly emphasized the defensive element in today's practice, and sent the squad in early after a short signal drill...
...Freshman squad will be available for the contest today with the exception of Captain Theopold, who is still out with injuries. Herbert Ellis and Robert Doherty again will be in the backfield while Arthur Codman will probably hold down the center berth, although a severe sprain has kept him out of heavy work for two weeks. In the other positions, the same men who started against Exeter last Saturday, will have the call...