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Harvard's veteran backfield started off in fine style, and promises in general power to be second to none this year. Brickley was always good for substantial gains through the line, but owing to the one-sided play was not called upon to try any drops. Mahan showed all of his old dash and brilliancy in the open field. Once given a start, it took two to four men to stop him. Bradlee was not used much on the offence. The game was not of the type to best display his abilities. His greatest value is as a defensive back...
...material for the backfield is especially promising. Glick appears the most likely man for quarter, no one else having been given a serious try-out there. Law and F. Trenkmann, Baker's running mates last year, are in fast company, and will have to work hard to hold down their jobs against Driggs, Dickerman, and Tibbott. The latter is especially dangerous in an open field...
...backfield is very well taken care of, two fast sets having already been formed. On the first are Wilson, Knowles, Ainsworthy, and LeGore. Captain Talbott, at tackle, is the only veteran on the line, and even he is not considered heavy enough to play efficiently through the whole of a hard struggle. The ends are being filled by substitutes from last year, one of them being Braun, who played in most of the Harvard game. Both White and Way have been lost to the squad, and Guernsey is ineligible pending the result of examinations. The material, however, is far above...
...light for the college game. A large number of small preparatory school football stars entered Bates this fall but most of them are very light. Among the most promising are A. Nevel, B. Nevel, Swift, Shattuck and Curtin, a new man who may get a backfield position...
...lack of good football material at Bates is even more marked in the backfield than it is in the line. Dyer, Eldridge and Kennedy are gone, leaving vacancies that have not been filled satisfactorily so far. There are candidates enough, but most of them are too light. Dewever, one of last year's second string men, is the only back-field man on the squad who weighs over 155 pounds...