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...opposition to the Cambridge fifteen, which averages 180 pounds in the back-field and 200 on the front line, the Crimson will have such football notables as Princeton's Pepper Constable Bill Watt, Mike Cohen, Joe Kennedy, Pete Knapp, and George Downes, along with veteran ruggers Captain Ned Whitney and Henry Miller...
...heroes of the occasion, however. Every time the men on the bench jump up to follow a play they move up three places from the bottom. By the time they are sitting beside the coach he is ready to send in what he thinks is the second-string back-field. Instead it is the Ritz Brothers who prevail on the captain not to accept substitutes by offering him a large bribe. After being penalized about 40 yards for their antics on the field one of them throws a long forward pass, catches it himself and runs for the winning touchdown...
Poor blocking, and lack of coordinated offensive play caused the Jayvee's downfall. Captain Knapp, and Bill Giles, riht tackle, stood out in the line for the Crimson seconds, and Jerome was doing some good work in the back-field...
...basis of his hard driving offensive game it now appears likely that George Ford, a fixture in last year's back-field, will get the call against the Brown squad Saturday over Mal McTernan...
Among those who have shown up best in practice and have been retained on the squad are E. B. Wood who prepared at Milton and F. J. Gilligan of Exeter. Both are trying out for the same back-field position and vigorously contesting for the honor of filling it throughout the season. Other members of the squad who deserve mention are Murdock Finlayson, tackle, and E. A. Mays and Charles Devens, backs...