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...York Times praised him as follows: "Individually, Fritz Pollard, a lithe, dusky, six-foot half back, displayed the cleverest all-around backfield success attained on Yale Field this season. In end running, forward passing, in executing a bewildering criss-cross and delayed pass run, which was Brown's trump card, in running back punts, in side stepping and dodging Yale tackles in a broken field, Pollard gave a peerless performance. His head line exhibition brought the crowd of 25,000 spectators up with a roar in the opening minutes of the final period. Catching a punt hoisted aloft to midfield...
...Princeton this afternoon will have a slight advantage in weight over its opponents, according to a comparison of the statistics of the probable line-ups. The Princeton team average is 174 pounds to the University's 178 and is lower in all the divisions of the team except the backfield. The Crimson line outweighs the Tigers by 184 pounds to 178, and from tackle to tackle, the difference in favor of the University is 190 to 185. R. Harte '17 and C. A. Coolidge '17, the University ends, outweigh the Princeton ends by the large difference...
...started their training in preparation for the first game of the season, with Holy Cross, on September 30. A large number of veterans reported to Rush and he had a good nucleus from last year's team from which to build a winning eleven. Driggs, Tibbott and Eddy were backfield veterans and Captain Hogg, with McLean and Gennert, formed a strong basis for a powerful line...
...following week the Tigers returned to Princeton and met North Carolina in the Palmer Stadium. The Southern team was given a 29 to 0 defeat, a larger score than that made against the same team by Harvard. Princeton showed marked improvement in this game, especially in the backfield, where Eddy was given an oportunity at half-back, a position he has since made practically made sure of. Driggs and Tibbott each scored a touchdown and made long gain on end runs...
...Felton '13, ends; R. W. P. Brown '98 and G. G. Browne '10, tackles; R. T. Fisher '12 and J. L. Knox '98, guards; D. C. Parmenter '13, centre; M. J. Logan '15, quarterback; H. R. Hardwick '15, F. J. Bradlee '15 and P. D. Haughton '99, backfield...