Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...first backfield enigma which the Southerners will be forced to solve will be made up of Huguley, Mays, Crickard, and Schereschewsky. Huguley, veteran footballer, who started his career as a halfback and who has been converted into a signal caller, will take Wood's place at quarterback, and his performance this afternoon will give a good chance for a comparison with that of the regular team general...
...this reason the backfield that will oppose the William and Mary eleven at the kickoff will be a hitherto untried combination that will be kept in the game as long as the Harvard plays go smoothly; on the other hand, if things go hard with the Crimson, the entire Harvard squad--will be available to fill the gaps, with the exception of Richards, who is definitely out of the contest...
...backfield for the third straight day was composed of Huguley, quarter; Mays and Crickard, halfbacks; and Schereschewsky at full. Wood was excused from practice because of a cold while White was working out with the B team, but it looks as if these two will be out of the starting backfield on Saturday anyway with the above quartet going into the game intact. Wood could use a complete rest to good advantage since his play in the last two games has been below the standard he set last year...
...Army line seemed inadequate when Harvard got its off-tackle plays and line plunges working in the two middle periods, energized by a backfield giant named Jack Crickard. But in the first period Eddie Herb, son of a non-commissioned officer in the regular Army, spun through on a fake reverse that was the only score of the game. Army 6, Harvard...
...required to sip their milk through one straw. "Stan" Yudicky limits himself to a cup of tea and a piece of toast before every game.... "Sandy" Weinner, one of Bill Tilden's tennis proteges and regarded as a coming youngster several years ago is on the Yale backfield squad.... During the halves of all football games played at the Yankee Stadium uniformed men come out and tread down the turf that was dug up during play.... A certain New York football expert has compiled statistics which reveal the fact that 78 times out of 100 the team which scores...