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Little is known of the Fordham team just at present. There is a rumor, however, that they have a drop-kicker on whom they are relying to score against Princeton this afternoon...
...disappointment has been caused at Brown by the fact that, though the squad has been working out since the fifteenth, last Saturday say only 19 men on the field. It is hoped, however, that the opening of college on Wednesday will see this number swelled materially. Dursin, a drop-kicker on whom the coaches place the highest hopes, may be declared ineligible because this is his first year at Brown...
...meeting held July 30, the intercollegiate football rules committee made but few changes in the regulations governing the game, the majority of alterations being technical with little real effect. The most momentous change is the rule permitting the kicker to stand at any distance from the line of scrimmage when kicking, instead of at least five yards in the rear of the line. Under this regulation, it is expected that quick kicking from directly behind the forwards will be a feature of the coming season...
...offence. Two of last year's team, N. Wheeler and T. H. Cornell, are available for the position of quarterback. D. Markle and H. A. Pumpelly are the only two backs who have had experience in the final games of last season. Of these, Pumpelly, is a drop-kicker and line plunger of ability...
...Ketcham would in that case be shifted to end. In the backfield Wilson, quarterback of the 1916 freshman eleven, has distance both Wheeler and Gornish in competition for the quarterback position. The backfield has been further strengthened by Guernsey, a powerful line-plunger; Knowles, a promising drop and place-kicker; and C. Taylor. With this array of good material the coaches are confident, and the competition is exceedingly hard and keen...