Word: half-back
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...when time was called. Following this the substitutes lined up against the second team, but with far different results. The second team was not only able to hold their opponents in neutral territory most of the time, but also came uncomfortably near scoring upon them. Temple at half-back and Felton at left end both played hard, slashing games. The latter was particularly brilliant, and it would not be surprising if he were soon a strong contender for a position on the first squad...
Beside Captain Spalding at halfback, Bomeisler, Gallauer, Philbin, Dunn, and Ketcham, of the veterans have returned. Walter Camp, Jr., who was given a place at half-back on the All-American second team last year has not yet reported, and it is probable that he will be unable to play all season owing to an operation this summer. Beside Camp, however, there is a wealth of material for the backfield. Captain Spalding, Dunn and Philbin, all "Y" men, and Castles of last year's Freshman team are first class players, and from then an admirable combination for the line breaking...
...noticeable in the game last Saturday, have improved somewhat, and the backs clear the ball much better. The team as a whole, however, does not yet work well together. Weston, who injured his knee in practice, will not be in the game today, Baldwin taking his place at right half-back and Francke moving to the centre of the line. These recent changes will weaken the defence considerably. The team will leave the Square at 10.55 to catch the 11.34 train from the Back Bay station...
...Williams game Harvard for the first time this season showed a backfield which seemed to be better balanced than either the Yale or Princeton combinations. Wendell who is a certainty at half-back is unequalled as a line plunger, and with him, as all around backs, may be found at the end of the season almost any two of five or six men. Potter, while not up to Howe of Yale, as a quarterback, is a dependable man. Smith at end is better than any one Yale or Princeton can show, and Felton or Howard will make a satisfactory runningmate...
...games for this year; the Brown game has been moved up one week on the Harvard schedule. The University team will probably have both P. D. Smith and McKay in the line-up but, in case the coaches decide to save them, Long and Hooper will play at right half-back and left tackle respectively...