Word: player
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Brown beat Hitchcock in the intercollegiate team match, and won the college championship last fall. He is a steady player, and can be relied upon...
...Columbia, Wolff and Campbell, a former Yale player, were decidedly the best men on the team...
...first important contest. The team has now been practising almost constantly for over a month and is in much better condition than it was at this time last year. The team work as it appeared in the practice yesterday is admirable, and from a consideration of the strong individual players of which the team is composed, Harvard's chances of success seem extremely good. The place of Goodridge, who will not play tonight, owing to a protest from Columbia, will be filled by Lovering, a hard, aggressive, but inexperienced player. Owing to this change in the line-up, the three...
...putting up the same excellent game which he played last year at centre. The other guard position, since the disqualification of Glass, has been filled by substitutes, of whom Hamlin, a substitute tackle last year, seems to be the most promising man. He is a hard, earnest player but is hardly capable of maintaining his predecessor's standard. Holt at centre passes well and uses good judgment. He was substitute to Olcott last year. DeSaulles at quarterback has become a brilliant player, and is especially effective in receiving and running back punts. He also displays considerable generalship in directing plays...
...quarterback position is being filled by de Saulles, who has developed into a brilliant player. He runs the team very commendably, and during the season has made a number of sensational gains in a broken field. Chadwick, right halfback, is the best runner on the team, though Wilhelmi, who has beaten out Hart at left halfback, is nearly as good. Of the men who are trying for fullback, Weymouth is the most reliable. His weight and speed make him particularly valuable in line plunging, and he is also a sharp defensive player...