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During the practice of the Yale eleven last Monday afternoon Sanford who is Yale's best guard, was very badly injured. In one of the centre plays he broke a ligament in his ankle, besides badly spraining the latter. His leg was put in a plaster cast and possibly he may be able to play at Springfield but even if he does play his lack of practice will affect his work...
...play of the rest of the team was quite encouraging, the effects of the Chicago game seemed finally to have worn off, and the eleven played with their old precision and go. Lewis was in the centre with Waters in his usual place. As for the other guard, Acton played for the first half, and after that he changed places with Mackie who was on the second eleven and who had been breaking through remarkably well. There was an unusual state of things at tackle, none of the regular men were out, for Newell's leg is still troubling...
...ball players were taken to a special training table at the New Haven Hotel, while the other players remain at the old training table. This is significant, as it practically determines who will play in the Springfield game. The thirteen are; Hinkey, left end; Winter, left tackle; Sanford, left guard; Stillman center; Hickox, and McCrea, right guard; Wallis, right tackle; Greenman and Cox, right end; Captain McCormick. quarter back; Laurie Bliss right half back; Graves, left half back; Butterworth, full back; This leaves the make up of the double team in doubt in only two places, right end and right...
...ground firmly, and once or twice by Jackson's good rushes advanced the ball well into '93's territory. But towards the end of the half the seniors' superior weight, aided by a long rush of twenty-five yards made by P. T. Jackson between right tackle and guard brought the ball up close to the line and then pushed it over. Parker punted out well but Duffield missed the goal. The sophomores then by steady work advanced the ball down the field and seemed to have a good prospect of scoring when time was called. In the second half...
...played very good games, following the ball closely and tackling well, Newell played especially well, breaking through on the half backs and once stopping a kick. Mason played left tackle, in the first half, but in the second, was replaced by Upton. Waters played a good game at left guard and ran and blocked well...