Word: backfielder
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...absence of several first string men and the reappearance of others in action were most significant features of yesterday's football practice. Howe, a Junior backfield man who saw experience in quite a few of the 1923 games and who captained his Freshman team, was dismissed from the doctor's squad and declared available for the Holy Cross contest. The depleted quarter-back ranks were strengthened by the addition of Akers, for two years a member of Coach Fisher's squad who was dropped to the scrubs the second week of practice...
...coaches are still unsatisfied with the way the backfield is shaping up. Bench continues at quarterback with Bunnell as his first substitute. Pond and Allen, and Cottle or Failing are the other backs likely to start against Dartmouth. Failing is a punter of the first magnitude and leads the whole squad in this respect, but he lacks experience...
Notre Dame's 152-pound backfield scurried up and down the field, collected 40 points from Lombard...
...through the game with Colby last Saturday in excellent condition, with only one man placed on the injured list. Magee, tackle on the freshman eleven of last year, suffered a broken toe and will consequently be out of the game for several weeks. Coach Robinson used three sets of backfield men in the game, and all three acquitted themselves well...
Early, Callahan sustained an injury which will keep him out a good part of the season. This was a serious blow to the line, but until a few days ago Coach Campbell was counting on a strong backfield combination. Then it was learned that Pollard, star Middlebury athlete, and Walling, who came from the North Shore Country Day School of Chicago with an excellent reputation, would both be out of scrimmage for two or three weeks on account of leg injuries. These two players were destined to be halfbacks in the line-up against Andover today. Their loss...