Word: backfielder
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...Freshman interdormitory athletics. The team lost because the Yale freshmen had better football material than the Harvard Freshmen. The heaviest man in the Freshman line weighed barely 190 pounds, while the average of the Yale line from tackle to tackle was well over 200 pounds. Harvard's best backfield men were all injured early in the game. These two contributing factors have, unfortunately, been overlooked by the Sophomore who wrote the article...
...captain of the 1916 Freshman eleven playing in the backfield of the team that defeated the Yale freshmen 18 to 17. He is 22 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 166 pounds...
Princeton, N. J., December 2, 1914.-- Frank Glick '16, of Pittsburgh, Pa., quarterback on the Princeton football team was today elected captain of the eleven for 1915. Glick was a member of his freshman team and for the last two years has played sensational football in the backfield of the university team. He is 21 years old, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighs 178 pounds...
...hardest battle of the early season the team was defeated by Washington and Jefferson on the following Saturday by the score of 13 to 7. Unable to break up the fast and diversified attack of the opponents' backfield, and at the same time incapable of piercing their defence, Yale played a losing game throughout...
...strength and versatility of the Yale backfield, together with the exceptional ability of Le Gore and the improved defensive playing of the line gave Yale a 19 to 14 victory over Princeton last Saturday. Substitutes sent in by Coach Hinkey in the latter part of the game were unable to withstand the terrific attack that Princeton put up throughout the last half with the result that the latter team scored twice in quick succession. However, in the early part of the game, with her full force on the field, Yale found little difficulty in gaining when distance was needed