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...contest the Yale backfield was under oath to kick anything over the bar that wasn't imported, to send every pass out to the sidelines, and to kill all the Scotch on the field. The Harvard team swallowed hard but made no statement. It was fortunate that none was asked for, Harvard was thinking of the Old Army Game...
...backfield Fishwick, flashy field general, will see service in Bunnell's place. Cutler, though not in good condition, will probably play halfback for a while, and Wadsworth is likely to replace Allen, who is in poor condition early in the game Cottle, Stone and Foote are other backs who may figure in the contest...
...backfield situation is still puzzling. Yesterday Cheek, Crosby, Zarakoy, and Miller started in the backfield places, with McGlone, Chauncey, and Howe alternating. Besides these seven men, Stafford, who left the infirmary yesterday on crutches, and Maher, who played on team B and did some fine punting, are possible starters against the Blue...
Later he referred to W. O. McGeehan, New York columnist, and immediately the cheering turned to boos and hisses. The speaker set the crowd cheering again, however, by crying: "We'll send word to New York tonight that we wouldn't swap our backfield for what's supposed to be the best backfield in the country. We wouldn't swap our ends. Bradford and Sayles, for Calvin Coolidge and the Secretary of State. We wouldn't swap our line for a French liner with all on board sailing east beyond the three-mile limit. And we wouldn't swap...
Yesterday's practice consisted chiefly of work against Yale formations. The backfield went against the scrubs, who exhibited the Yale defense, and later the blackshirt backs took the part of Eli carriers and demonstrated Yale plays...