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...essentially an inexperienced eleven, but six of the twenty men who have been playing with more or less regularity in the games this season ever having had any university experience. Pre-season indications of a weak line proved to be correct; the line was distinctly inferior to the backfield and caused the coaches a good deal of anxiety. Trivial injuries, added to the already rather ordinary line material, prevented the proper development of the same set of men and necessitated constant rearranging of the line-up. The offensive department of the eleven is strong; the backfield being fast and possessing...
...Brown team showed unlimited promise, overwhelming, the Norwich eleven by the score of 24 to 0. The following Saturday the team continued their brilliant work, decisively defeating the Rhode Island Agricultural College, 20 to 0. However, weakness in the line was apparent, the secondary defence frequently stopping the opponents' backfield men from making long gains...
...disastrous game in New York when Cornell so easily defeated the Providence team by the score of 28 to 7. But there is something to be said for the team's showing in this contest. An inexperienced line was hardly capable of stopping the attacks of the heavy Cornell backfield, and the stage-fright incident to a big game proved a serious handicap. The attack of the light backfield was fairly good, while the forward passing game was played to more advantage than by any other team to date. The use of this latter phase of the game gave...
Showing a decided reversal of form the team forced Yale to fight hard to nose out a 14 to 6 victory out of the game. The line showed unexpected strength and successfully withstood the attacks of the heavier team, and the backfield men frequently slipped through the Yale line for considerable gains. It was only in the last five minutes that Yale was able to force the ball across the line for a touchdown...
Basing its hopes on a fast, powerful backfield, the expectation that the week's practice has considerably strengthened the line, and a double and triple lateral pass that has proved decidedly effective thus far Yale looks forward to a victory. The line is inexperienced, and consequently the chances of success depend as much on its unknown ability to stop the Princeton attack as upon the known brilliancy of the Yale backfield. It is certain that the backfield is decidedly superior in every way to the Princeton combination. Wilson, Ainsworth, Knowles, and LeGore forming one of the best offensive machines that...