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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last week of practice for the Yale game began yesterday afternoon and found the University team in excellent condition. All the men were out, except Wendell and Blackall, who were given a day's rest and will report for regular work this afternoon. Potter was out in football clothes and began the process of limbering up for his old place at quarterback by running several times around the track. It seems probable now that he will be in good condition for the game Saturday, as the doctors have pronounced his injury completely cured...
...Practice began as usual with a long blackboard talk in the Locker Building followed by a shorter talk in the Stadium on the fundamentals of football. Then came a half-hour of signal drill which closed the practice. Huntington was at centre and, in the absence of Blackall, Bettle played fullback. Felton and O'Brien alternated at right end, the former doing considerable punting...
...Morey '13 began his football career at Malden High School and was captain of the freshman team. He also was on the college baseball team. Morey weighs 173 pounds, is 21 years old, and is 5 feet 10 inches tall. His position is halfback...
...Practice began September 7 with seven positions on the team to be filled from the green material. From the very start, the development was slow, and throughout the entire season constant shifts in the line-up were necessitated. Injuries to the players added new difficulties, for in no recent season has the Dartmouth squad suffered so heavily or so severely in injuries to the members of its football squad. In no two successive games has the Green presented the same backfield, because of the incapacity of some of the backs...
...season began with absolutely no promise of a punter of even mediocre ability. However, kickers have been developed who have managed to cope with their opponents. The punts of the Dartmouth players do not average long distances nor are they extraordinary in character, but nevertheless, they have proved to be dangerous, with the ends getting down the field as fast as they do. This was strikingly shown in the Princeton game, when the Tiger ends were unable to run back any distance the punts of Llewellyn and Morey...