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...this afternoon at Princeton. This is the first time in five years that the Princeton team has not started the season with an overwhelming victory. Since being scored on last Saturday, a great many shake-ups in the team have occurred, with the idea of correcting apparent weaknesses. The backfield today will probably be composed of Glick, right half; Trenkman, fullback; Merritt, left half; and Law, quarter. Baker, the regular quarter, has been shifted to end, and with these changes the Princeton team will present a new aspect...
...scene today of the Brown-R. I. State game. Since the defeat by Colby last, Saturday, Brown's coaches have put the squad through vigorous scrimmages every afternoon. The main fault with the Brown team is lack of speed. To acquire this the line has been made over. The backfield, with Gardiner, Bean, Henry, and Casey, has shown great improvement, and the team as a whole is expected to give a good account of itself today...
...Gardiner, was somewhat re-inforced yesterday when J.A. Milholland '14 and W.B.D. Dana '14 returned after a week's absence. A new candidate was also produced in the person of W. Whitney '16, a member of last year's Freshman team, who has hitherto been playing in the backfield. Since there was no regular playing yesterday the form of all these men is as yet an unknown quantity...
...given to the latter eleven on its own one-yard line. The first play advanced the ball four yards, while the second saw the longest run of the season on Soldiers Field. Brickley found a weak spot in the middle of the opposing line, eluded the second team's backfield with the aid of good interference, and ran the intervening 95 yards for a touchdown. Mahan also got away for an unusually long gain, scoring on an intercepted forward pass from midfield...
...University football squad had only a light drill yesterday afternoon, the work consisting mainly of signal drill for the backfield and individual coaching for the ends. Brickley, Mahan, and Hardwick played together in the backfield for the first time. This combination worked smoothly, and did some hard, fast charging. Coolidge, Curtis, Gardiner, and O'Brien, the leading candidates for end, were given special coaching in defensive play, practising for some time breaking up plays of the second team backfield. The serious weakness in punting that was noticed in the game Saturday was the subject of considerable attention, Mahan, Brickley...