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Yale comes to Cambridge after a victory over the Princeton Freshmen last Saturday, and a week of drill in which Coach Osbourn has had his men pointing for the Crimson encounter. R. B. Parker is the leading figure of the Blue backfield having made three touchdowns in the Princeton game last week, and helping the team to pile up its 22 to 0 score...
Dartmouth comes to Cambridge with a clean slate, having defeated Tilton 8 to 6, Clark School 33 to 0, and Roxbury 7 to 0. Because of its undefeated record, and the absence of any scoring punch in the Harvard backfield, the Green is somewhat of a favorite this afternoon...
...Hughes, colored porter, who back in 1919 was attached to the car which brought Harvard's team to the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena. Joe was not long in recognizing Arnold Horween, now the University's head coach, as the Crimson's captain, and Eddie Casey, now its backfield coach, as the star back of the Harvard outfit of ten years...
Among the attaches on the train is Billy Murray, former Harvard backfield star, who has seen Michigan in every one of its games this fall. A short talk with him has convinced this correspondent that it is his bounden duty to warn all Harvard followers not to be deluded into giving any large odds on the Harvard team. The Crimson has just cause to look with confidence on the approaching struggle, but it is Murray's well considered opinion that Michigan has far more power than recent dispatches from Ann Arbor would seem to indicate...
...entire squad, with the exception of Hugely, reported in sound physical condition. O'Connell was back at his right end post, and it seems quite definite that he and Douglas will start Saturday at the wings. There were no other lineup changes; the backfield combination of Wood, Putnam, Devens and Harper, which made its debut against Florida, was working together again. A short but snappy signal drill concluded the afternoon's practice...