Word: backfielder
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...backfield the coaches have an abundance of excellent material from which to draw. R. H. Bond, E. L. Casey, captain of the 1914 Exeter team, and H. Coolidge, of Groton are all promising candidates, while W. Platt, of St. Mark's, and H. C. Flower, Jr., of Middlesex, are fast and shifty, though somewhat light...
After a short talk in the Locker Building, the University men went directly to the field. Brickley, who is on a short leave of absence from his coaching duties at Johns Hopkins University, took practically all of the backfield men and gave them a half-hour drill in drop-kicking, paying particular attention to the work of W. Whitney '16. Brickley himself kicked several perfect goals from the 45-yard line. C. Blagden '02, and R. T. P. Storer '14, gave the tackles a short drill in dummy line scrimmage, and M. J. Logan '15 coached the squad of quarterbacks...
...football squad went through a stiff practice yesterday afternoon culminating in a scrimmage between the first and second teams, which lasted over an hour. In the preliminary practice a backfield composed of Mahan, King, and McKinlock ran through the signals, but neither of the first two took part in the scrimmage...
...twenty minutes without score, but finally, after one blocked effort, W. Whitney '16, from the 25-yard line, lifted a pretty field-goal over the bar for Team B, this being the only score of the afternoon's play. Nelson has been shifted from the line to the backfield, adding another to the list of heavy backs...
Coach Rush has had to contend with many misfortunes this year on account of illness and ineligibility. Tibbot and Law are both on the sick-list thus weakening the backfield and numerous other important men have been kept out on account of ineligibility...