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...backfield combination of E. L. Casey '19, R. Horween '18 and T. C. Thacher '18 as field general, is the strongest the University has played this year. Thacher, as defensive back, has an able substitute in R. H. Bond '19; H. C. Flower '19's running is inferior only to that of Casey, whose place he is ready to fill; and H. W. Minot '17 is expected to punt up to his good standard should he be sent in for Horween...
Yale commenced its football season early in September with a large amount of good material with which to build up a team. There were abundant candidates for the backfield permitting many combinations to be tried out. H. W. Legore 1917 stood out most prominently then, and has proved himself a great player...
...Yale's line averages 179 pounds per man while the Freshmen average is 191 pounds. The Freshman line from tackle to tackle totals the enormous figure of 200 pounds per man, while Yale's line would ordinarily be a very heavy one, with an average of 187. In the backfield Yale has a two-pound advantage...
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 17, 1916.--The Yale football eleven which arrived here today seems to have recovered from its slump, and is in fine trim for the game with Princeton tomorrow. Legore, who was most affected, has recovered completely. Smith, Neville, and Jaques will probably start in the backfield...
...Yale team is as powerful in material as any eleven I have ever seen. From end to end it is a line of tremendous strength, one which should play a stonewall defence against any running attack. Its backfield is as good as any I have seen in years when it is going strong, as the backs I have witnessed--Legore, Carey, Bingham and Smith--are well set up, have a drive that carries them forward when tackled and are exceedingly difficult to down in the open. On a dry field the attack is at its best. On a wet turf...