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Wendell prepared for College at Roxbury Latin School where he was on the team for four years, playing both in the backfield and at tackle. He was right halfback on his Freshman team, and has played the same position on the University team for the past two years. The last two seasons he has been generally recognized as the best line plunging back in the country, and has been twice chosen by Walter Camp for halfback on the All-American team. He is 21 years old, 5 feet 6 2-3 inches tall, and weighs 177 pounds...
...first division, namely the ends, there seems to be little doubt that Smith of Harvard should fill one wing. He leads all his competitors in sizing up the plays of the opposing backfield, is very fast down the field, a sure tackler, and very clever in handling the forward pass. Altogether he has shown more headwork than any other 1911 end. At the other extremity White of Princeton cannot be disregarded on account of an extraordinary ability in following the ball, a fact which alone makes Princeton the 1911 football champion. White's offensive work is far ahead...
...backs, Dalton of the Navy, Thorpe of Carlisle, and Wendell of Harvard make an ideal backfield. Dalton is famous for his long, dodging runs in a broken field and is a reliable drop-kicker, having won the Army-Navy game for the last two years by this means. For the other halfback, Thorpe of Carlisle is unquestionably the man for the position. His placement kicking this season has been nothing short of phenomenal and makes him an especially valuable man in the present open style of football, as most of the big games this year have been won by goals...
...teams. Yale has men at the guard positions this fall who are short and stocky and a man at centre who is tall and apparently light in weight. The public has been accustomed to see big, rangy men at these positions in the Yale line. Then, too, in the backfield Captain Howe at quarterback weighs only 153 pounds. Spalding, the right halfback. weighs 165. Camp, the left halfback, is six feet tall, the tallest man seen in the Yale backfield since the days of Malcolm McBride. The weights vary from Howe at 153 to Paul...
...halfbacks, Reilly, the former end rush and Philbin, the brother of Yale's clever halfback of two years ago, and Anderson, a former "All Western" halfback from the University of Wisconsin, are the players who have good individual qualities but are not up to the standard of the 1910 backfield...