Word: backfielder
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...encouraging. The unsuccessful fall season was due largely to inexperience among the new men and lack of team play in the forward line. With the experience gained in the fall season, however, Baker, Weld, and Smart should, with last year's veterans, prove themselves a combination worthy of their backfield...
Brickley has been a regular on the team for two years, playing right half-back in 1912 and fullback during the past season. In both years he won his "H." He prepared at Everett High School and at Exeter, where he also played in the backfield. He was captain of the 1915 Freshman eleven, playing fullback on that team. Brickley is 21 years old, 5 feet, 9 1-2 inches tall, and weighs 186 pounds...
...Backfield Bulwark on Defense...
...other hand, the backfield has been a bulwark in the team's defense, displaying the cleverness and knowledge of the game, especially in Captain Francke's case, that has been lacking in the forward department. With Nichols, who made the All-American team last year, at the goal position, the scoring has been kept down remarkably well. Grant has shown consistent playing at halfback and the fullbacks, Kingman and Moffat, with Carson substituting, have developed a comparatively strong secondary defense...
...crude origin in 1906. Mr. Lothrop Withington 3L., in his subject of "Harvard Linemen," reveals a few facts about men who have played in the line at Harvard, showing that their average standard has not been up to that of the men who have played in the Harvard backfield...