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...went on to say that Yale until recently had been the home of disorganized athletics, but that the new system aimed to put an end to the internal difficulties. "We want more men to go out," he said in conclusion. "We want scrub teams. We want to make athletics the real centre of undergraduate enthusiasm. There is a feeling outside of Yale that athletics have been over-emphasized at New Haven. They may have been in some major sports, but I think, as a whole, they have not been emphasized enough...
...Yale bids fair to have the most powerful team she has had in years, with a line averaging 194 pounds. At Princeton only four regulars are missing from the eleven this season, and their places can be easily filled from the Freshman and scrub teams, while at Cornell one more first-string man has been lost, but with Cornell's big squad of physiques it should be as easy for Cornell to make up vacancies in two teams as the other colleges in one. From this distance it looks as if Harvard could not best Cornell with her material...
...last year's tackle. Sheldon will have his first work-out next week and ought to make the team. Duryee, a fast quarterback, who has the faculty of getting hurt more than the ordinary football player, is another one of the Yale soldiers who will be found in the scrub line-up next week, and if he can keep in condition his chances for making the team are fair...
...afternoon the Yale freshmen went down-stream for a two-mile time trial, after being passed by a scrub eight for two miles. The time made was 10 minutes, 6 seconds, but the wash was very heavy from the launches following, and with all conditions considered, the time was creditable. The members of the first Yale crew received rather luxurious treatment after their afternoon work-out, for a rub-down and a bath was presented them on "The While-away," after which ceremony the trusty "Elihu Yale" took them back to the quarters
...scrub crew of University oarsmen rowed the Middlesex School eight on the river yesterday afternoon. Getting the lead at the start they kept it to the last, overcoming their rivals by about one-half length...