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Polishing rather than strengthening of the play is the big need of the University eleven, and in the two weeks before the Yale game, Coach Fisher and his associates will place the main emphasis on points of line play and on backfield defense...
...Princeton backfield, Lourie, Garrity and Murrey each contributed some mighty fine play. Lourie, however, sistently fell back in kiek formation attempted to skirt the ends that he might display his forte-open field running. Time and again-hindered it must said by off-color passing from Callahan he was thrown for losses, especially Kane and Hubbard, who played exceedingly alert bruising games, but couldn't last the whole distance. Garrity's plunging was of a high order; behind Keek and Hooper, the former New back, aided by especially effective interference by Gilroy seemed to roll off center defense and inside...
...Catholics, generally conceded to have one of the most bruising, yet precise assaults of any Eastern of Central-Western eleven, deserved their victory. They showed their customary ability to mass five or six men on one guard or tackle and open great holes for their backfield men. This knack was to some extent responsible for the way in which Gipp ripped off long gains time and time again...
...Westerners seemed on their way to a large and commanding lead. Wilhide is another clever Cadet back, who is a good all-around athlete, one of the best since Vidal and Olyphant starred on the Plains. The Army with such coaching as it receives from Daly on the backfield, and Graves on the linemen, cannot fail to cause the Navy Goat some very dejected spasms in the late November classic at the Polo Grounds...
...installed as guard. Cross, whose work at center in the Calgate game left much to be desired, was given a day off and his place was filled, not by Galvin, but Guernsey. Into and Walker played tackles and the usual pair, Cutler and Dilworth, were at the ends. The backfield combination of Murphy, Kempton, Aldrich, and either Jordan or Frank Kelley, seems to be the most formidable that Coach Jones has been able to select...