If there ever was a time when the captain of a Harvard eleven needed the services of all the available foot ball material in the college it is now. The eleven is badly crippled, and the material at hand is not sufficient to strengthen it adequately. There are men in college whom everybody would like to see playing foot ball. If such men could sink personal considerations and see only the urgency of the need calling them, the difficulty would be in a fair way toward solution. Of course it is a delicate matter to urge men to lay aside their own preferences; nothing but the pressing need of the college, if it is to be represented by a strong eleven, could justify such a step. The bald facts are simply these: several of the best candidates for the eleven are laid up with serious injuries, and Captain Trafford must have more men to fill their places as well as to strengthen the weak points of the team. Let every big, strong man come out.
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