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...middle of the scrimmage. R. P. Field '22 and Edgar Crosby '23 took the wings. B. M. Henry '24 and A. L. Hobson '24 the tackle positions, and Arthur Anthony '23 and C. J. Hubbard '24 the guard assignments. D. S. Holder '24 was put in at center. The backfield lined up with Buell at quarterback. Francis Rouillard '23 and W. F. Churchill '23 at halfback, and Percy Jenkins '24 at full back...
...Murray '19 took charge of the Freshman quarterbacks, who will be under his direction for the rest of the season. Twenty reported to Murray yesterday and it is expected that Coach Campbell will send to the quarterback squad several other men from his large backfield force. The Freshman coaching staff is counting on developing several quarterbacks of the highest quality this year and intends to give Coach Murray plenty of material to work on. Yesterday Murray tried to classify his men as to speed, lining them up several times and ordering dashes from fifteen to thirty yards in length...
Percy Jenkins '24 of Quincy was awarded the 1923 Class Memorial Scholarship by Vinton Chapin '23, in behalf of the class of 1923, at the Freshman Jubilee last night. Jenkins, who prepared at Mercersburg Academy and Staunton Military Academy, was a backfield star on the 1924 football team, was captain of the relay team in the winter, and is captain and shortstop on the Freshman baseball team...
...spring football season was held yesterday afternoon when Coach Knox, after giving the whole squad a brief workout, put two almost evenly matched teams on the field for a regular game, lasting four eight-minute periods. Team A received against the wind, but in spite of the excellent backfield work by Churchill and Pfaffman, was unable to score throughout the half. Team B, when it got the ball, was likewise impotent, and the contest swayed back and forth with the advantage on neither side...
...rushed the ball to team B's twenty-five yard-line. It was there held for three downs, but easily scored by a drop-kick. Team B was then given the ball on their opponents' forty yard-line, and gained twenty yards, chiefly by individual work in the backfield, before Team A intercepted a forward pass. The session ended with an exchange of punts...