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...consistent defensive play. Princeton attempted the forward pass twelve times before succeeding once. Law punted steadily for great distances, once making 70 yards on a kick. Bucknell sprung a surprise by playing a savage line attack instead of the radical open game which had been anticipated. Glick was the mainstay of Princeton's attack. He several times slipped through the line outside of tackle for good gains...
...Yost has been drilling his squad of forty men at Ann Arbor since September 5. With an unusually exacting schedule before him, he has been facing the large task of building up an entire new line, and of filling the halfback vacancy caused by the graduation of Craig, mainstay of last season's eleven. The weakness of the line is a serious problem, none of the green material looking especially promising. The departure of veterans has left five big holes, with no valuable substitutes, even those available being a little under weight...
...final contests. Gile and Way, on whom the burden of the series, will fall, have both been showing late season form more than commensurate with the general improvement of the team. Gile is cool under fire, while Way has shown greater disposition to be erratic. Brown, Yale's mainstay last year, has not succeeded in getting into top condition, and has not been used for a month. He together with Stevens, will probably be used only in case of a pinch...
Francis Whittler Capper '15, of Brookline, was unanimously chosen to lead the University track team next year at a meeting of the "H" men held in Notman's studio yesterday afternoon after the picture was taken. The choice is a popular one, Capper having been the mainstay of the team in the half-mile run for the past two seasons...
...CRIMSON congratulates R. N. Williams 2d, '16 on his election as captain of the University tennis team. For two seasons he has played an excellent game and has been the mainstay of the team. By winning the intercollegiate championship he has earned the right to wear a major sport "H". The work of the team in general has also been very gratifying; under Captain Williams may it continue...