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...good. Almost all of the players who came into prominence this season will be eligible next fall. The greatest blow to the team will be the loss of Captain Andrews at halfback, who all through the season has proved a capable leader. In addition to his work in the backfield, Andrews was the best punter on the team. He was also a drop kicker of some ability, his field goal being the only score in the Brown-Yale game and enabling the Providence team to capture a 3-0 victory. The other backfield man to go is Saxton. Although this...
...eleven. Although inclined to be erratic, this player by his clever dodging running made himself the chief ground-gaining asset of the team this fall. With more experience the should develop into a phenomenal halfback. Besides Pollard there are such men as Purdy, Jemail, and Murphy in the backfield. These, with Sprague, Ward, and Wade, to bolster up the forwards, should produce a strong combination next year...
...Brown '98 said: "He is only a sophomore, yet he shows a knowledge of his position, left guard, that would do credit to a veteran. In spite of his weight of over 200 pounds he has the activity to shoot through when an occasional opportunity permits and reach the backfield man with the ball before the latter's interference has had time to get under way. . . . He makes himself a very efficient member of his team, no matter where the play may occur...
Boles will return for one of the backfield positions. The leading candidates for the other two positions will be R. Horween '18, W. Willcox, Jr., '17, T. H. Enwright '18 and T. C. Thacher '18, of this year's squad, H. W. Minot '17 from the second team, and several backs of unusual promise from the 1919 eleven, H. C. Flower, E. L. Casey, R. Bond and G. L. Batchelder. Horween is an excellent line plunger and punter, although he lacks experience. Minot is the nearest approach to Mahan in open field work, and is strong and heavy. Willcox...
...forward line, then, seems to be fairly well cared for. To develop a backfield equal to Captain Mahan's will be somewhat more of a task. If the new material produces a strong running combination, a punter who can rival Mahan is yet to be found. Horween, Enwright and Robinson are good punters; and Robinson is also an excellent drop-kicker; but none of them have the power of the 1915 captain