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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...doubt up to the last week. Starr has been playing end in practice recently and is undoubtedly the best tackler out for the position. Macdonald is a valuable man on account of his experience, and Browne has shown great improvement recently. Bird promised well at the beginning of the season as a good man to catch forward passes, but he is handicapped in this work by weak eyesight. C. Peirce, Houston and Forster make fair substitutes...
Burr was shifted from his former position at guard to tackle early in the season on account of a loss of weight. He quickly became acquainted with his new position and now is one of the best defensive players on the team. He is most valuable to the team, however, on account of his great punting ability. Fish, the other tackle, developed rapidly from the beginning of the season. He was a member of last year's Freshman team, but at first was not regarded as University material. His defensive game is somewhat weak, but he is strong in following...
There were several good candidates for fullback at the opening of the season, but two of the most promising, Mason and Brennan, have been laid off on account of injuries. Apollonio is the best man for the position. He hits the line very hard and is an excellent defensive back. Blamer and Waterbury are the substitutes, but both are considerably weaker in defensive work...
...first game of the season Yale easily defeated Wesleyan 25 to 0. It was a game of open, spectacular playing, and Yale was much superior to the opponents in speed, strength, and team work. In the game with Syracuse the university team was able to score only two touchdowns and the work was very ragged and discouraging. The team made a somewhat better showing, however, in the game with Springfield Training School, in which 17 points to 0 were scored. Possibilities for a great eleven were shown, yet brilliant individual football rather than steady team play characterized the game...
Early in the season the problem which confronted the coaches was to develop new men for the center trio and the backfield. With Wylie, Berger, Dunbar and Congdon of last year's squad, and Coy, Wheaton, Murphy, Cooney, Brown and Goebel of the 1910 eleven, however, the prospects seemed exceedingly bright. But the new center men were by no means in a class with last year's men, and the main trouble has been in training these men for their positions. In the backfield it has been a problem to get speed enough. Up to the last half...