Word: backfielder
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...dormitory line, although not very heavy, is powerful and Coach Hamilton is also well satisfied with his backfield...
...Heageney '25. For two years he has played a consistant game on Coach Knox's squad, and this fall spring into prominence after a 25-yard dash through the Crimson line in scrimmage. As a punter and runner of considerable ability, Heageney is easily the most valuable backfield man on the scrub squad...
Coach Fisher them gave the Crimson the ball on its 25-yard line. Three attempts to break through the scrubs proved futile, and Hammond was forced to punt. Cheek, Gehrke, Miller and Hammond were not working well as a backfield combination yesterday. Similarly when the seconds tried to gain on line plays they were unsuccessful, and they kicked back to the University's 32-yard line...
...ensuing minutes neither team could make any dent in the other's line. Coach Fisher put in a new backfield composed of Spalding, Zarakov, Samborski, and Rogers. Rogers doing most of the work, the Crimson team easily advanced from the 35-yard line to the 3-yard line. The scrubs held remarkably at this point and it was not until the fourth down that Rogers carried the ball over...
...second period, showed that Coach T. A. D. Jones has his work cut out for him. End runs and forward passes were the most developed items in the Yale offense, the first team meeting little success in off-tackle plays. When Allen, Bunnell, Scott, and Kline entered the backfield in the second half, they staged a procession that went 90 yards before they lost the ball. Yale's greatest scare came in this period when Devin, Carolina halfback, tore through a broken field after catching a punt, being brought to ground only on the 25 yard line