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Substitute Linemen at Yale...
...consensus of the opinions of those experts who have recently been picking all-American football teams shows very little dispute over giving a place on these elevens to Talbott. He is undoubtedly one of the best linemen in the East...
...former illustrations are those in the article on "Forward Passes," written by Mr. Leary '05. Each of the pictures illustrates a point made by the writer, who traces the evolution of the forward pass since its crude origin in 1906. Mr. Lothrop Withington 3L., in his subject of "Harvard Linemen," reveals a few facts about men who have played in the line at Harvard, showing that their average standard has not been up to that of the men who have played in the Harvard backfield...
...feature of the afternoon was a short scrimmage held against a rush line composed of former players who are now on the coaching staff. The team played without a backfield, but this made no particular difference, the idea being to give pointers to the University linemen, who were kept constantly on the offensive. Among the coaches who gave the University a thorough try-out of a number of its plays, were the Withington brothers, Blagden, Leary, and Corbett. The scoring was confined to a few field goals by Brickley from about the 30-yard line...
Next in order is the line. The writer says that Parmenter was the man who concealed the weakness of last year's line. "Now he is gone, and the linemen of this year will have to rely on themselves. But Storer and Hitchcock at tackles, and Pennock, Trumbull, Mills and the other men trying for the centre trio are not of such calibre that they can alone meet a heavy, well-organized and concentrated attack. They are all average, and very average at that, and the slender margin of superiority in line work established last year by Parmenter's generalship...