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...Milholland did some punting to the backs with the ends running down under the kicks. The distance of the punts was good in most instances, but the handling of the ball was very poor for this season of the year. Wendell and Campbell were the only members of the backfield who received the ball in sure style...
...work of the Princeton University football team during the past week has shown a wealth of fast backfield and end material, and a line strong on the defence but sluggish on the offence. Judging from the games played with Rutgers and Villa Nova the team is admirably fitted for the open game. Both of these Princeton won, chiefly through end runs and forward passes, beating Rutgers 37 to 0 and Villa Nova 31 to . Due to the slowness of the forwards in making holes, however, the backfield has been able to gain practically nothing on line plays. The linemen need...
...three games which the team has played so far this season have perhaps been so easy as to make the backfield seem faster than it really is. It remains for a hard game, however, to prove their speed...
...playing a serious part in determining the make-up of the Yale eleven. In the beginning only minor bruises were experienced but the injury of Baker, the only sophomore to get the "Y" last year, and therefore a prominent candidate for the captaincy next season, has deprived the backfield of a most promising player. Not so serious are the accidents to Bomeisler, Camp and Gallauer. Camp was used for a short while in the Syracuse game on Saturday and it is thought that he will be in shape for some of the later games. Gallauer will...
...attempt to develop one set of eleven men, but Coach Cavanaugh has a list of exceedingly strong second-string men. In the game with Colby on Saturday the team suffered greatly from penalties, and humbles on the wet field prevented any accurate estimate of the true strength of the backfield. Hogsett at quarterback has shown the greatest improvement during the last week...