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...well and should develop into a firstrate back. Cutting substituted for Giblet at right halfback, where he played on the 1000 Freshman team. he was in every play and dicks a hole as well as any man on the squad. There seems to be plenty of men for the backfield positions but, with Wendell out of the game, the best combination at present is none too strong. Lockwood is probably the fastest man on the squad and when he can clued the opposing ends is a hard man to catch. Giblet plays a hard game and is a conscientious worker...
...minute scrimmage, in which the university team won, 6 to 0. The forward pass and onside kick proved to be the poorest ground-gainers, the university eleven relying chiefly on straight football for most of the gains. Coy and Jones made 25 and 40-yard runs from the backfield, after receiving kicks. Brides was again in the line...
...field to assist Head Coach Crane. L. H. Leary '03, end of the 1905 eleven and substitute end in 1904, has charge of the ends. He has the ability to coach them well and puts much spirit into their play. C. D. Daly '01, who coaches the backfield and more especially the quarterbacks, was captain and quarterbacks, of the 1900 eleven. After graduating from the University, he played on the West Point team. He has an excellent knowledge of the game and can pick out and remedy whatever weak points a new play may have. O. F. Cutts, tackle...
...line will suffer little, but T. Jones, Bomar and Dines are the only backs available from this year's team. There is, however, plenty of material from the freshman team, of which the most promising for the backfield are Coy, Bingham, Philbin, Wheaton, Holt and Murphy. The loss of Forbes will be severely felt, but in addition to H. Jones and Alcott, Burch, who was injured early in the season and Logan of this year's freshman team promise well. In the line, the only places to be filled are centre and right guard. Cooney should develop into a good...
...been one of slow but steady development. Again the difficult proposition confronting the coaches has been to build up a strong line. With only Forbes, Biglow and Hockenberger left to fill line positions from last year, the prospects for a strong team were not very bright. In the backfield conditions were more favorable...