Word: blackshirt
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...same time a blackshirt was promoted to the University squad in the person of J. R. Fordyce '26, 190-pound tackle. Although he failed to receive his numerals, Fordyce was a member of his Freshman squad. Last year ineligibity kept him away from the gridiron all fall...
...stonewall defense. On one occasion they carried the ball from their own ten-yard line all the way to the University's 20-yard line, and only lost possession of the ball there through the arbitration of the coaches. During the whole of this 70-yard march the blackshirt forwards forced aside the Crimson linemen to make way for a charging back with what might almost be called case. The hero of the advance was Sayles, who repeatedly tore off eight or ten yards at a time...
...Team A lined up for scrimmage opposite the scrubs, Zarakov was the only member of this combination to start. Stafford played quarterback; Braden and Samborski completed the backfield. The Crimson eleven was given the ball at midfield, and on the initial play fumbled it. It was recovered by a blackshirt, but was given back...
Team A was given the pigskin on the center line. It immediately found itself facing much sterner opposition than at any previous time this season, for after driving the scrubs back to their 43-yard line, it lost the ball on downs. Then Heagney, one of the blackshirt's best backs, dropped back to receive a long pass from center. He muffed it, and half a dozen Crimson players closed in. But from out of the mass a figure dashed, dodged one or two tacklers, and then tore down the field, leaving behind a group of dazed players. When...
...could not be stopped. Four line plunges netted them eleven yards and a first down, but 12 yards from the goal. The next play came as close to giving the scrubs a touchdown as it could without doing so. A well-directed forward pass flew right to a blackshirt over the zero line. He reached for it, seemed to catch it, then let it go, and the scrubs lost their opportunity for revenge. Cheek, who was now directing Team A, intercepted a pass on the next play on the eight-yard line...