Word: backfielder
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...contest had hardly begun when Toolan, the Williams left half back, slipped around end for a 72 yard run. On the next play a forward pass was caught on Princeton's 2 yard line and carried over for a touchdown. Williams continued a "rapid fire" attack, her backfield completely baffling the heavier opponents with a succession of fast line plunges and wide end runs that stamped her as the aggressor throughout the entire first half...
...defence stiffened, and Trenkman, who was given the ball in the final attempt to score, was thrown back for a loss of three yards. It was not until the end of the last quarter, when Princeton recovered a Williams' fumble on the latter's 16-yard line, that her backfield had the power to push the ball across the line for a touchdown. Law, amid breathless excitement, succeeded in gaining the point necessary to avert defeat...
Yale played a conservative game marked by the tremendous power of a line plunging backfield, the beautiful punting of Legore and a defence that completely smothered the attack of her opponents' backfield...
...following Saturday Michigan completely overwhelmed Case College, using an open running attack which scored almost at will. Catlett, Splawn and Maulbetsch formed a backfield driven by Hughitt, which had power, speed, and drive. The line continued to improve, prospects were correspondingly brighter...
...Vanderbilt eleven presented the hardest attack which the Michigan line had so far been called upon to diagnose, but the men played low and fiercely and kept the southern team away from the goal-line. The backfield had little difficulty in scoring when a touchdown was necessary and Michigan came out victorious...