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...game. Each team had scoring chances; the Sophomores lost an excellent opportunity in the first quarter when the 1927 line stiffened after yielding ground steadily before a strong attack, and then broke through to block a Sophomore drop-kick. Late in the second period, the 1929 team, with its backfield functioning in steam-roller style, pushed the pigskin to the Senior 15-yard stripe, and seemed to be headed for a sure touchdown, when the whistle ended the half...
...names for a back are "Red," "Champ," "Charlie." With all four of these gentlemen, listed as Dahlman, Hearndon, Chevigney, and Riley, in the field, Notre Dame's able team pounded past Penn State, 28 to 0. Wilson and Harding made a cabinet of their own in the Army backfield and kept tossing the portfolio back and forth until, with the support of the best line in the East, they beat their heavy Syracuse visitors...
...ancient history, it may be well to run over the famous old play. It started with only the necessary five men in the line--the centre, guards, and tackles. At a given signal, the right, guard ran back from the line and took up a position in the backfield, while the right halfback jumped in and filled his position temporarily, thereby fulfilling the provision of the rules that five men must be in the scrimmage at the start of a play...
...Dartmouth may score early and often; but Harvard has a strong offense for the first time in four years, and the Green will not be the only team to gain ground. With Miller fit again, Harvard should have a strong rushing attack; with French, Sayles, and Putnam completing the backfield, and the strongarmed Guarnaccia in reserve, the Crimson forward passes are to be feared by even the strongest opponent. And as Glenn Warner has often said, the best defense is a strong defense. Harvard will give Dartmouth a battle every inch of the way this afternoon
Coach Knox's University Seconds bowed before the onslaught of an eleven from the U. S. S. Florida, whose backfield was made up of former Annapolis stars. The score...