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...Smith '11, centre, prepared at Hill School. He played centre there and on his Freshman team. He has played on the University team in the backfield for two years. He is 21 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs 180 pounds...
...Corbett '11, left halfback, prepared at Portland Academy, where he played end. He was an end on his Freshman team and has played two years on the University team in the backfield. He is 21 years old, 5 feet 10 1-2 inches tall, and weighs 170 pounds...
...worked greatly against the Dartmouth players. However, the men played the best football they have shown the whole year. The line, which was thought weak, was impregnable to consistent gains. The ends, coping with players of great ability, were always playing the game with good football instincts. The backfield, unable to work smoothly together in the first half, and bothered by constant fumbling, was not able, until the second half, to show the power it possessed. The Amherst game last Saturday was the opportunity for the let-up expected between two championship contests. Playing indifferently in the first half...
...Leslie resumed his place at full-back on the University eleven, the rest of the backfield consisting of Wigglesworth, T. Frothingham and Corbett. Potter and T. H. Frothingham were on the field yesterday, but neither participated in the practice...
Perkins returned to his position at centre, P. D. Smith playing that position on Team B. Wigglesworth played quarterback, and Corbett, T. Frothingham and Morrison were in the backfield. All of these men are in first-class condition and will probably start in the Dartmouth game. The only man absent from practice was Potter, who is laid up with a muscle bruise. T. H. Frothingham followed the practice in street clothes, as his leg is still weak. H. E. Kersburg '06 and H. Foster '07 watched the work from the sidelines. In order to keep the field in good condition...