Word: backed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...opening of college this fall the prospects for a good football team at Yale were not very bright. Very few of the old men had returned and Captain Rodgers was just recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. Now, however, with two weeks' work to look back upon, the prospects for a good team are decidedly encouraging. A very large number of new men have come out and the majority of them play a fast, lively game. Almost every position on the team is at present filled by a new man, and this new material puts all the life...
...number of candidates behind the line is also very large. De Saulles and Stoddard are at present playing at quarter. Chamberlin, last year's centre, is being played at half-back and has so far done excellent work in that position. The other candidates are Kiefer, Corwin, Hine and Benjamin, the acting captain. At full-back, McBride seems to be almost a fixture...
...practice each day consists of work in pair-oars, followed by long stretches in the shells. Most of the men who were laid off on account of injuries have recovered, and are out again, though McDuffie will be unable to row for some time owing to a sprained back. Clarke Thomson has returned to college and is with Bull's crew. Another man to come out is Swift, who is rowing regularly in Goodrich's boat...
...candidates for the Lacrosse team met for practice yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field. Most of the players on last year's team were out besides several promising new men. There are twelve old players back who will play this year. It is hoped that more Freshmen will come out in order that a Freshman team may be formed...
Daly's squad played the second half, and, although handicapped by darkness, they put up almost as fine a game as the other squad. The line held well and tackled hard, and the quarter-back, C. D. Daly, kicked splendidly. Several times he returned the ball for a good gain when the other team was almost on top of him. The second 'Varsity scored once in this half. The Freshmen failed to score although they had the ball on their opponents five-yard line once. The 1901 line-up in the second half was; W. Lawrence, r. e.; Mackay...