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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...substitutes showed up rather better than was expected, Rollins, McKinlock, and Weatherhead being the particular stars. The whole backfield was speedy and ran well under the direction of Watson. It is in the line material that the second string is weak. Should anything happen to any of the veterans before the big games, the coaches will have a serious problem to rebuild the defense. While the subs were able to throw back Bates' rushes, they were not able to make holes for their own attack. The seconds substantial gains were all made on open or wide end plays...
...Football prospects at Bates are not at all bright this year and with the Harvard game before them Coach Greene and Captain Moore are far from optimistic. There are only six veterans on the team and these, with three or four of last year's second string men will have to do the bulk of the work. There are several new men who are fast and heady and who played good preparatory school football, but who are too light for the college game. A large number of small preparatory school football stars entered Bates this fall but most of them...
...Bates is even more marked in the backfield than it is in the line. Dyer, Eldridge and Kennedy are gone, leaving vacancies that have not been filled satisfactorily so far. There are candidates enough, but most of them are too light. Dewever, one of last year's second string men, is the only back-field man on the squad who weighs over 155 pounds...
...headed by Logan. His generalship in handling his football machine was illustrated last year and his efficiency is undoubtedly on the increase. The list of possible substitutes for the position includes Swigert, Watson, Cottrell, Winsor, Donerty, and Willcox. From among these the coaches are counting on developing several second-string men of good calibre, but the filling of the position is decidedly a problem...
John Bowen Waterman '15, of Fall River, Mass., catcher, prepared at Durfee High School, Fall River, where he caught on the team. This is his first season on the University squad, where he has been used as first string catcher. He is 20 years old, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, and weighs 141 pounds...