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Once down at Princeton I asked Frank Kane -- who sells sporting goods on Nassau Street and can tell you offhand the name of the scrub quarterback in 1901 -- what was the matter with Bob Tatnall's team senior year.
"Injuries and tough luck," he said. "They wouldn't sweat after the hard games. Take Joe McDonald, for instance, All-American tackle the year before; he was slow and stale, and he knew it and didn't care. It's a wonder Bill got that outfit through the season at all."