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Cornish is the coaches' first choice for quarterback with Wilson as a substitute and Cornell, Knowles and Pumpelly will probably play regularly in the backfield...
...team during the greater part of the afternoon. Mills, who has been playing at left guard, is suffering from a muscle bruise, his place being taken by Cowen. Brickley, who was also excused on account of a bruised hip, watched the drill. His place in the backfield was taken by Willetts. Coolidge and Dana alternated at right...
Pumpelly and Markle, Yale's strongest veteran backfielders, are out of the game for two weeks owing to injuries, but Knowles and Ainsworth who with Cornell from Yale's first string backfield at present, promise to be the finds of the season as dodgers and line-breakers. Taylor, another promising candidate for the backfield, is back in the game after two weeks' absence in the infirmary...
Captain Baker has been kept out of the backfield for ten days in order to test the ability of the men. Merritt, Streit and Glick promise to be first choices for backfield positions at present...
Barrett, the quarterback, is developing into a first-class kicker, both in drop kicking and punting. Shuler and Shelten both new men and Fritz, last year's right halfback show great possibilities in the backfield...