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...picture of the Yale squad the leading players may be found as follows: In the middle row, from left to right--Moorehead, Rockwell, Bloomer, Hogan, Bowman, Rafferty (captain), Metcalf, Shevlin, Kinney, Mitchell, Holton. Roraback stands between Kinney and Mitchell, Farmer between Metcalf and Shevlin, Batchelder behind Metcalf and Morton behind Rafferty. Miller is not in the picture...
...football prospects at Yale when practice began in September were unusually bright. Shevlin and Rafferty, ends; Hogan and Kinney, tackles; Rockwell, quarterback; Bowman, fullback, and Metcalf, halfback on the victorious 1902 eleven were again in college, and Bloomer, tackle on the 1900 team, was again eligible to play after two years of ineligibility on account of academic difficulties. Roraback, substitute centre in 1902, and Morton and Batchelder became the leading candidates for centre and left guard; Bloomer early won the position at right guard. To these prominent candidates for the line was later added Miller, a members of the university...
...show that Yale was in general inferior to Princeton. The defense, though not evenly balanced in strength on both sides of the line, was sufficient to prevent substantial gains by Princeton in rushing. The offense showed great speed, strength and team-work, and was at times invincible. Hogan, Bloomer, Shevlin and Kinney were used to advance the ball almost as frequently as the backs, and proved that Yale's offensive game is versatile as well as powerful. With the fault of fumbling eradicated, the Yale eleven is likely to prove not far inferior in strength to the remarkably team...
...Yale team and substitutes, twenty-two men in all, arrived at Woodland Park Hotel, Auburndale, yesterday evening. All the men with the exception of Bloomer are in good condition and are in better shape even than they were last year at this time. Bloomer has a badly sprained foot and it is very improbable that he will be able to play at all. There is, however, no truth in the report that Shevlin is laid up; he is almost recovered from his slight muscle bruise...
...line-up, which will be the same as it was in the Princeton game last Saturday is as follows: r.e., Shevlin; r.t., Hogan; r.g., Bloomer, Miller; c., Rorsback; l.g., Batchelder; l.t., Kinney; l.e., Rafferty, (captain); q.b., Rockwell; r.h.b., Metcalf; l.h.b., Mitchell; f.b., Farmer...