Word: forbese
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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R. W. Forbes '07, left end, comes from Wesleyan. He played tackle on the university team last year. He is 23 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighs 190 pounds.
This year the football season at Yale has been one of slow but steady development. Again the difficult proposition confronting the coaches has been to build up a strong line. With only Forbes, Biglow and Hockenberger left to fill line positions from last year, the prospects for a strong team...
From this time on the team developed consistently, although the possibilities or the new rules were still far from realization. The future eleven was beginning to take shape about this time, when Forbes was moved from tackle to end, and Hockenberger was proving his worth as a centre. The two...
R. W. Forbes '07, left end, is fast in getting down the field under punts. his general line-blocking is poor, his interference for a runner in the open field is good, but his defense against end runs is not satisfactory.
HARVARD. YALE. MACDONALD, left end right end, ALCOTT OSBORNE, left tackle right tackle, BIGLOW BURR, left guard right guard, ERWIN PARKER, centre centre, HOCKENBERGER KERSBURG, right guard left guard, BRIDES PEIRCE, right tackle left tackle, PAIGE STARR, right end left end, FORBES NEWHALL, quarterback quarterback, JONES FOSTER, left halfback right...