Word: backfielder
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...choice for the quarterback position was unrivalled as was Owen's selection for fullback. The halfback positions were difficult to select from the many possibilities, including O'Hearn, Mallory, and Jordan of Yale, Crum and Cleaves of Princeton, and Chapin and Gehrke of Harvard. To round out the backfield, it was necessary to select a punter and an end runner, in addition to forming a good defensive combination. O'Hearn alone of the possibilities combined punting ability with excellent open field running, and his showing against the University, when he gained more ground from scrimmage than any other back, entitled...
Buell was in uniform and followed the University team throughout the practice but did not actually get into the work-out at quarterback. Hammond substituted for Chapin in the team A backfield for a brief period at the end of the signal drill...
...today's game, Captain Gray has been shifted from the backfield to center forward, A. L. Phaneuf taking his place, while Vernon Cook Jr. takes up the latter's position at left halfback...
...least one shift in the line and possibly one change in the backfield of the University eleven will be made before the Yale game Saturday owing to the injuries which Grew and Coburn received in the game with Brown...
Coach Fisher hopes to send in many substitutes tomorrow. Lee will relieve Spalding during the first part of the game. Fitts and Rouillard will be the backfield substitutes while in the line Hartley and Gordon will replace Jenkins and Holder, and Kunhardt will be used at guard...