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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Pennsylvania commenced the present season with what was considered by all critics an unusually handicapped team; and especially was this felt to be the case in regard to the guard positions. With the graduation of Wharton and Woodruff, whose unusual strength had contributed much to the effectiveness of the "guard's back" play, besides adding greatly to the defensive strength of the centre, it was generally expected that Penn's chances for a successful football season would be small indeed. Coach Woodruff, appreciating the necessity of developing material to fill these positions, was most fortunate in securing Hare and McCracken...
...fill the position of fullback was very much of a question at the commencement of the season. In the course of practice, however, Walker's uncertain playing placed him behind both Minds and Morice, and the development of Morice as a halfback, and particularly his strong running in an open field, proved an important factor in determing his present position. The remarkable improvement shown by Jackson over the work of the previous fall-his speed and strength in bucking the line and running the ends-fixed him immediately at halfback, where he has played throughout the season a brilliant...
...Woodruff could produce from such new and apparently untried material such a team as now represents Pennsylvania is but another tribute to his ability as a coach and to the principles to which he has adhered in his treatment of the players-hard work all the time all the season, with a slight let up just before the final big games to allow the men to recover from their injuries and bruises...
Yesterday afternoon, the Freshman eleven had the last practice of the season. The work was light, and though both the first and second elevens ran through their signals, there was no line-up. Both teams spent much of the time improving the interference for the backs and getting down the field on kick-offs. In running through the signals, the men were slow, and time after time lost the ball on fumbles. Besides this weakness, the old tendency to start before the ball was put in play was very apparent. Towards the end of the practice, however, the work...
This afternoon, Harvard will play her last game of the season against Pennsylvania. From a comparison of scores, indications certainly point to Pennsylvania as the stronger team. However, there is one important factor to be considered before making a too hasty judgment as to the comparative strength of the two elevens-their process of development. Pennsylvania's policy this season has been to bring the team to its highest degree of perfection at the earliest possible date, a fact which has figured prominently in the rolling up of large scores at the beginning of the season, while Harvard's policy...