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Yesterday afternoon Harlow had the boys working hard on backfield tackling and kicking off, two departments which have not exactly shone so far. Chief Boston and Austie Harding a question-mark as to action, the burden is likely to fall on Daughters again. His boots have improved markedly since last Saturday's ground-loopers...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: MacLeod, Hutchinson, Howe, Boast Great Scoring Record For Green | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

...East, the No. 1 team last week appeared to be the University of Pittsburgh, whose backfield of Goldberg, Stebbins, Cassiano and Chickerneo, is rated one of the best of all time. For several seasons Coach Jock Sutherland has been trying to fashion an outfit that would rank with Pitt's famed undefeated eleven of 1915, on which he played. This year he thinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Third Saturday | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...last year's Yardling backfield, Gardella showed Saturday against Cornell that he was the top-ranking Crimson defensive back. He has been out of three days practice this week with a cold but returned yesterday to try out his new wing position. A shifty, hard-driver runner, he is slated to give Torby Macdonald more competition than the "Flash" has encountered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gardella Changed to Wingback On Eve of West Point Struggle | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

...every enemy backfield which boasts such names as Woodrow Wilson and Huey Long, but the Army starting quartet includes them both. The Cadets use a single wingback offense with Wilson at tailback to the right and Long at tailback to the left...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Hard-Hitting Army Gridmen Arrive Here; 900 Cadets and 2 Mules Follow Tomorrow | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

...game, almost the entire Bunny backfield was hors de combat, with Hunt Hamill suffering a slight concussion and Louis Mills sustaining a broken vertebra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland in House Football Lead; Elephants Upset | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

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