Word: backfielder
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...blue eleven, the game being marked by frequent fumbles and generally ragged playing. A week of good hard practice under Tom Shevlin seemed to be of no avail and the eleven played to a no score tie with the University of Maine. The chief weakness lay in the backfield which was far below expectations, while the line, although it held the Maine eleven scoreless showed that great improvement was also necessary in this department. This poor showing resulted in another week of gruelling practice at the end of which Yale showed marked improvement in her attack and general play against...
...feature of the afternoon was a short scrimmage held against a rush line composed of former players who are now on the coaching staff. The team played without a backfield, but this made no particular difference, the idea being to give pointers to the University linemen, who were kept constantly on the offensive. Among the coaches who gave the University a thorough try-out of a number of its plays, were the Withington brothers, Blagden, Leary, and Corbett. The scoring was confined to a few field goals by Brickley from about the 30-yard line...
...There is no question but that if the backfield trio are given the openings they will produce, yet that "If" depends entirely upon the seven forwards, who will face five as determined Yale men as have faced a Crimson line in five years. On less than four occasions was the Yale secondary defense called upon to stop line plays, a tremendous record when one considers Bradlee's exhibition against Princeton two weeks...
...summarize: Yale has the best line in years, is well supplied with kickers, possesses a quarterback who has all of the earmarks of a star and an average backfield, Ainsworth stnding out most prominently...
...coaching staff was larger by two men yesterday: Crawford Blagden'02, an experienced and efficient coach of line-men, and Percy Wendell '13, who instructed the backfield players...