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...right hand side of the diamond is cared for by two of the best players who ever represented the University. Captain Nash is a hard hitter and clever fielder; G. E. Abbot '17 at second is a master of the pivot work around the keystone station, and while not rated a heavy hitter, is a difficult man to pitch to and fast on the bases. Both these men possess the "baseball brains" without which mere mechanical perfection of execution is often valueless...
Wallace, the University centre is a much better defensive man than White, the man who fills in at the pivot position on the Yale team, but in all other phases of the game the two men are nearly of like ability. White, however, passes the ball end over end a method which requires unlimited practice in order to properly judge the angle at which the back will receive the ball, while Wallace uses the safer and more certain spiral pass...
Wallace, the University centre is a much better defensive man than White, the man who fills in at the pivot position on the Yale team, but in all other phases of the game the two men are nearly of like ability. White, however, passes the ball end over end a method which requires unlimited practice in order to properly judge the angle at which the back will receive the ball, while Wallace uses the safer and more certain spiral pass...
...Saturday permitted him to gain almost at will, he was on the passing or receiving end of nearly all of the complicated passes, his punting far excelled that of either of his rivals and as a secondary defensive man he was the mainstay of the backfield. He was the pivot on which Yale built her attack, and the other backs were only slightly inferior to his standard of play. Wilson, Ainsworth, Knowles, Scovil, Guernsey and Cornell all contributed strength to the power of the offensive machine which proved to be of such high calibre Line plunging brought the ball down...
...will open its schedule on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Candidates Association as their opponents. Several brainy ball-tossers will don the CRIMSON uniform for the first time, surrounding a nucleus of veterans. Acting-Captain McIntosh will hold down his old berth at the pivot sack, with Edgerton cavorting in the short field. These two with Stiles, a raw recruit, at third, will make up a stonewall infield; and Osborne, though inexperienced, is a demon with the willow, and will cover the initial bag in Daubert fashion. Veterans Smith, Brown, and Morris will form...