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...Haven, Coun. Oct. 23.--The Yale University team held a long dummy scrimmage yesterday afternoon in preparation for the Brown game tomorrow. Coach Jones continued to emphasize the defense against forward passes and to shift his players around, seeking for trustworthy combinations. Pond was given a vacation while Captain Lovejoy and Allen were back in the line-up. At tackle Butterworth replaced Root, who was injured in Wednesday's scrimmage. According to word received from the medical advisory, he will be able to play against Brown...
...Shift Crimson Backfield...
...shift formations, players must come to an obvious halt in their new positions before ball is snapped...
...play in the Harvard backfield, however, is the question every one is asking. Hammond, Miller, and Gehrke have been out of scrimmage for several days, and no one seems to know when they will return. From Friday and Saturday's scrimmages. Coach Fisher's plan appears to be to shift Cheek from the quarterback berth and make him offensive back with either Samborski or Home and Maher, the last named to do the punting...
That is but one of the problems to be solved at tonight's conference. Others involve the prohibition of artificial tees, and the regulation of shift plays and the screening of forward passes. The temporary rewriting of these laws, will come tonight at the Biltmore, and the session promises to be the most interesting in years...