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...into excellent form and to develop the team into an efficient football machine. In scrimmages early in the week with the second squad the team showed up finely and as a result the work yesterday was light. Head Coach L. Saltonstall '14 has been drilling the men, especially the backfield, in the fine points of the game...
Another man was put on the injured list when Boles wrenched his knee. Last night the injury was not considered serious, but it is fairly certain that he will not be available for tomorrow's game. The number of injured backfield men has created a rather serious scarcity of material for the back positions, and Wiggin was yesterday moved from the line to till a place on Team...
Against the Indians, Coach Haughton sends in a team which is the result of the last Tuesday's shift, a team which presents an old combination in the backfield, but which possesses a new field general and new line-men. Willcox does not possess Watson's experience, but he is a faster and more tricky runner with the ball. Today's game will shown whether or not he is the better man at directing the crimson attack. With Coolidge and Soucy at ends, that department of the line does not at this time seem to have been changed much...
...also in the interference. As a punter Driggs, is far ahead of the Syracuse kickers. The Princeton line has suffered so far through lack of coaching, but this ought to improve now that Cooney has returned to take care of that department of the game. On the whole, the backfield, composed of Captain Glick, Driggs, Tibbott, and Shea, has proved to be a fast offensive combination...
...notable changes appeared in the make-up of Team A. Harte, Parson, Bigelow, Watson, and McKinlock were shifted to Team B, with the result that Coolidge played at Team A left end, R. C. Curtis at left tackle, Caner at right tackle, Willcox at quarter, and Enwright in the backfield. Furthermore, having fully recovered from his lame ankle, Cowen displaced Duncan at left guard. Together with Dadmun, Cowen completes a very formidable centre of the line, for both men are large, heavy, and strong...