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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...true of hockey. A fast game of hockey requires more "wind" than any other branch of athletics, except, perhaps, distance running, and a squad of strong substitutes is a great asset to a hockey team. In this lies much of the University's strength in hockey. The seven second-string players as a whole do not, of course, make as strong a team as the regulars. But the calibre of Coach Winsor's substitutes is such that several of them can go into a game at almost any time with practically no loss of power to the team. The substitute...
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...member of the 1917 swimming team. He was forced to leave College but returned last year with the Class of 1919. He was unable to compete in athletics last year because of difficulties with the Office, but was eligible this fall and was one of the first-string substitute halfbacks on the University football team...
Brown will lose only five of its first and second string football men by gradution this spring. Among these are Sprague, who was regular centre, Wade, a regular guard, and Ward, who would undoubtedly have been regular tackle had not injuries kept him on the hospital list for a greater part of the season. The other two seniors are Murphy, substitute quarterback, and Ormsby, substitute...
With 55 of a squad of 60 first and second string men returning and with the additional three men of absolute first-team ability who become eligible next year, as well as the usual amount of good material from the freshman class, the prospects are bright for an unusually good team next fall. The season which has just been completed is the most successful in Brown's football history. Pollard will captain next year's team...