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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...idea of what material he has from which to build up a team. McClung, Heffelfinger, Wallis, S. Morrison, Barbour, Crosby, Hartwell and L. Bliss are those of the last year eleven who are back. The men who have graduated and whose places are to be filled are Rhodes, r.t.; Holcomb and Lewis, c.; Harvey and Williams, f. b., and B. Morrison, f. b. Most of the men who have come back it will be noticed are players of long standing, veterans and men from whom much can be expected. One or two of them are old crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot Ball at Yale and Princeton. | 10/5/1891 | See Source »

...Holcomb, Yale's centre rush, who has been ill has returned to college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/20/1891 | See Source »

...Holcomb, Yale's centre rush, has been obliged to leave college on account of injuries received in the Harvard and Princeton games.-Boston Record. Holcomb played in neither of the above games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/12/1890 | See Source »

...Holcomb, Yale's centre rush, is still confined to his room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/11/1890 | See Source »

...match for the men opposite them. Yale's fumbles were very costly. Harvard's interference was much more effective than any one expected it would be. Lewis at centre, although he played a hard and plucky game, did not inspire confidence in a team that had become accustomed to Holcomb's style of play. Harvard had two men for half-backs who were heavy enough to play in the rush line, and this they did whenever Yale tried to gain through the centre. Yale should have played a kicking game in the first half, when the wind was favorable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Report of the Game. | 11/26/1890 | See Source »

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