Word: weak
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Brown team is essentially an inexperienced eleven, but six of the twenty men who have been playing with more or less regularity in the games this season ever having had any university experience. Pre-season indications of a weak line proved to be correct; the line was distinctly inferior to the backfield and caused the coaches a good deal of anxiety. Trivial injuries, added to the already rather ordinary line material, prevented the proper development of the same set of men and necessitated constant rearranging of the line-up. The offensive department of the eleven is strong; the backfield being...
...every way to the Princeton combination. Wilson, Ainsworth, Knowles, and LeGore forming one of the best offensive machines that has represented Yale in years. Princeton expects the team to make an infinitely better showing today than it did last Saturday, inasmuch as Coach Hart has remedied several of the weak points so apparent in that contest. The men are all in excellent condition, the eleven has been thoroughly drilled in breaking up the Yale formations, and the "wide-open" game has been perfected to a fine degree within the last week...
...were in the regular line-up. It was announced that there is no chance of using Higginbotham in the Princeton game on Saturday, as his injured ankle is not fully recovered. It is very problematical whether Van Holt will play or not as his wrist is still very weak...
...score of 2 to 0, and from Springfield Y. M. C. A. College, 4 to 3. The squad, starting the season with a nucleus of only 5 veterans, has developed into a fast, well-balanced team, and the game this afternoon will bring out its strong and weak points as it has a team reportedly very versatile to play against...
...Although weak on both offence and defence, the Princeton eleven took advantage of a fumble on Williams 16-yard line in the last quarter, and, in a desperate series of rushes averted the disgrace of a defeat by a lighter team. The "wide-open" style of play of which Princeton was conceded to be the most reliable exponent was a distinct failure; of ten forward passes attempted but one was successfully carried...