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...taken Wendell's place at right half, is a fair all round back. Of the substitute backs Lockwood is fast and a hard tackler, Gilder a good ground gainer, Mason of great value in the secondary defense, and Apollonio and excellent fullback, although he has had little practice on account of his injury. Gray was tried for some time at fullback, and in another year should be a valuable man. Newhall makes an ideal quarterback, for, besides running the team well, he handles the ball with much surety on punts and is of the greatest service in making forward passes...
...CONN., Nov. 22.--The Yale football team today had its last practice before the game. In a short scrimmage with the second the university team scored twice. Erwin, Hockenberger, Veeder and Knox were not in the line-up. Knox may not to be able to play on Saturday on account of an injured shoulder. Biglow spent considerable time in drop kicking and showed fine form, while quarterbacks Jones and Dines were given practice in catching punts. The men will take a complete rest tomorrow...
...graded crew races, postponed last Friday on account of unfavorable weather, will be held tomorrow afternoon over the one and seven-eighths mile course in the basin, from the Longwood bridge to the Union Boat Club. There will probably be two divisions, the third Newell and Weld crews starting first, and the first and second Newell and Weld crews following immediately...
...eleven in the first half, the first on a 45-yard, gain on a forward pass, the second after recovering the ball on a 54-yard onside kick. Wendell also carried the ball over Dartmouth's goal line in the first half, but the touchdown was not allowed on account of a penalty for offside play, and Newhall was forced to try a drop kick which was successful. Wendell made a third touchdown for the University eleven in the second half. The Dartmouth team scored a goal from placement in the first half, and one touchdown in the second half...
...Dartmouth the absence of Captain Glaze was not severely felt on account of the ability of his substitute McDevitt. The latter made Dartmouth's field goal and was the best all around man on the team. Dartmouth's rally in the second half was due rather to a weakening of the University team by the use of substi...