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Jones is a better man for centre than either Holcomb or Lewis. He has not played much this year, but is rapidly settling down to good work. His return to college is fortunate for Princeton, as it enables Captain Poe to shift Riggs to guard. Riggs is not only a strong man and thoroughly at home at guard, but he is a brainy player; he will give Heffelfinger all he wants to do and will, probably, at the same time seriously interfere with the effectiveness of Yale's centre. On the other side of Janes, Thomas or Symmes will face...
...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...
...Holcomb, c. c., Cranston...
...team Yale has ever put in the field. Captain Rhodes began the season with a nucleus of old and experienced players; besides himself there were Heffelfinger, Hartwell, the two Morisons, McClung and Harvey; in addition Williams and C. Bliss had had some experience and had shown themselves valuable men. Holcomb had served an apprenticeship of three years on the second eleven, and Wallis, Mills, Adams and Crosby had all done good work in the same training school. Barbour had done good work at Exeter and on the freshman team last year, and finally, N. Bliss, an incoming freshman, had promised...
...Holcomb...