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...picture of the Yale squad the leading players may be found as follows: In the middle row, from left to right--Moorehead, Rockwell, Bloomer, Hogan, Bowman, Rafferty (captain), Metcalf, Shevlin, Kinney, Mitchell, Holton. Roraback stands between Kinney and Mitchell, Farmer between Metcalf and Shevlin, Batchelder behind Metcalf and Morton behind Rafferty. Miller is not in the picture...
...were unusually bright. Shevlin and Rafferty, ends; Hogan and Kinney, tackles; Rockwell, quarterback; Bowman, fullback, and Metcalf, halfback on the victorious 1902 eleven were again in college, and Bloomer, tackle on the 1900 team, was again eligible to play after two years of ineligibility on account of academic difficulties. Roraback, substitute centre in 1902, and Morton and Batchelder became the leading candidates for centre and left guard; Bloomer early won the position at right guard. To these prominent candidates for the line was later added Miller, a members of the university crew last June...
...team-work early. Except at centre and at left guard, the first line-up, barring such temporary alterations as were caused by injuries to the leading players, has been practically unchanged since the eleven played its first game on September 30. For centre and left guard, Batchelder, Morton and Roraback continued to be the leading candidates. The work of none of these men was altogether satisfactory and Miller, who later became a candidate, was also not of the ability of the veterans in the line. For a time the coaches thought of moving Kinney to guard and playing Shevlin...
...line-up will be: YALE. PRINCETON. Rafferty, l.e. r.e., Hervey Kinney, l.t. r.t., Reed Batchelder, l.g. r.g., DeWitt Roraback, c. c., Short Bloomer, r.g. l.g., Dillon Hogan, r.t. l.t., Cooney Shevlin, r.e. l.e., Davis Rockwell, q.b. q.b., Vetterlein Mitchell, l.h.b. r.h.b., Hart Metcalf, r.h.b. l.h.b., Kafer Farmer, Owsley, f.b. f.b., Miller
...Yale will play Columbia on the Polo Grounds in New York today. Columbia's victory over Pennsylvania last Saturday has proved her eleven a formidable one, and Yale looks for a hard game today. The Yale line-up will be: l.e., Rafferty; l.t., Kinney; l.g., Morton; c., Roraback; r.g., Batchelder; r.t., Hogan; r.e., Shevlin; q.b., Soper; l.h.b., Owsley; r.h.b., Metcalf; f.b., Bowman. Rockwell was injured slightly in the practice yesterday, and will not play today...