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...Mahan '16, star fullback and captain of last fall's championship eleven, is to coach the back-field candidates next season at the University of California under head coach Andrew Smith, a former Pennsylvania player. Although no contract has been signed, Graduate Manager Stroud secured Mahan's consent to coach on Saturday afternoon, and a more definite understanding will be reached after the close of the baseball season in June. Mahan will report at Berkeley by September...
Berryman, the sensational Penn. State half-back, is given one position in the back-field, King, of Harvard, the second, and the third to Captain Mahan. This trio offers a fast running backfield of exceptional talent, including a strong line-plunger and clever defensive full-back, and two versatile, speedy half-backs, one of whom is undoubtedly the best all-around football man in the country. Drop-kicking, punting, forward passing, running with the ball and secondary defense would be taken care of by Berryman, King, and Mahan in a way which would be difficult to surpass...
Captain Glick and Tibbott, the Tigers' regular back-field, Highley and Brown ends, and McLean, the star tackle, were missing from Saturday's line-up, all except Tibbott being spectators at the Harvard-Penn. State game. Considering this loss, the substitute Princeton eleven displayed some excellent football. They wee satisfied with a rushing game and tried and four passes...
Yesterday morning, after a half-hour of such a struggle, the seconds were called to the field, and another session started. Captain Mahan and King were excused from this, and McKinlock was also out with a turned ankle, but as a back-field, Horween, Rollins, and Robinson gave the second team defense about all the work it could handle, and a little more, for after 10 minutes of play, the ball was carried down the field in a long series of irresistible line smashes, and Horween finally took the ball across for the only score...
...defeat by Washington and Jefferson last Saturday, there has been a general shake-up in the Yale line. Bunker and Stillman have been moved to end positions, Wiley is relegated to the substitutes, and White has been put at centre in place of Walden. None of the first string back-field except King reported for practice yesterday, but all are expected on the field today. The injury to Carter two weeks ago makes it extremely doubtful whether he will be able to resume his old place at end again this season. Talbot will probably be in the game by Saturday...