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...game with Exeter. This will be the first contest for Coach Knox's men, and the game will provide the first opportunity to see how the men shape up. The game should be a good one, for the Exonians have a good line, although the quality of the backfield is not so well known...
...backfield which will start today's game is the same combination which has been tried out against the second eleven this week. It is not probable that Owen and Chapin will displace Gratwick and Humphrey as regular backs this season, but Coach Fisher is giving the two men who did so well on their Freshman eleven a chance to gain the early season experience in the Stadium which will make them dependable if they are needed in the big games later on in the season...
...work this week of the 1923 stars, Gorman and Gilroy, and Thompson, who is this year making his first stab at Princeton football, has been very gratifying to Backfield Coach Glick. Thompson has been equally proficient at linebucking and shifty end-running, and has done much to temporarily fill the place of Garrity, who has just reported in rather poor condition, due to illness. Gorman has been substituting for Lourie at quarterback, and his unexpectedly impressive showing, despite his light weight, makes it probable that Murrey, former quarterback, whose drop-kicking ability and speed make him too valuable...
Gilroy has showed enough ability at the Stadium as a member of Exeter and Princeton Freshman teams to give promise of working into a halfback position by the end of the season. Scheerer's punting ability makes him a factor to be reckoned with when the backfield selections are made: and since Garrity will soon be ready to dive into the heavy sort of line-bucking that was his forte last year, there will be many changes for certain before the team stacks up against the Navy and Chicago in late October...
...backs every day this week, it seems likely that Coach Fisher will pit them against Maine tomorrow, giving the two veterans, Humphrey and Gratwick, another day of rest. This combination of last year's Freshman backs, working with Johnson and Captain Horween, seems to give a smooth running backfield organization...