Word: guarding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...guard Fisher of Harvard and Duff of Princeton appear in advance of any other claimants. Fisher has not fallen off in the least from his All-American form of last year and the gains through his position have been rare. Little can be said of Fisher other than that he played a strong conservative game, very seldom brilliant, but always dependable. Duff showed up best against Harvard and Yale, as did Hart. An aggressive, powerful player, and a fighter from the start, he often got through the opposing line to stop plays just started. He in company with Hart personify...
...Harvard halfbacks and ends have filled the posiston most frequently and at Yale tackles and ends. Two of Harvard's four victories against Yale have been won under the leadership of an end, one under the leadership of a halfback, and the other under the leadership of a guard who was unable to play in the final game. It is interesting to note that Harvard has had two right tackles as captains in the last two years. With the single exception of this year, Yale has never lost a game to either Harvard or Princeton with a quarterback as captain...
Francis at left guard is not the equal of McDevitt nor is he such a rangy player as is usually found at this position on Yale teams. He was outplayed by Duff in the Princeton game, but in Duff he met probably, the best guard of the year...
...Yale football team, judged by its physical proportions, differs from former Yale teams. Yale has men at the guard positions this fall who are short and stocky and a man at centre who is tall and apparently light in weight. The public has been accustomed to see big, rangy men at these positions in the Yale line. Then, too, in the backfield Captain Howe at quarterback weighs only 153 pounds. Spalding, the right halfback. weighs 165. Camp, the left halfback, is six feet tall, the tallest man seen in the Yale backfield since the days of Malcolm McBride. The weights...
Francis at left guard is not the equal of McDevitt nor is he such a rangy player as is usually found at this position on Yale teams. He was outplayed by Duff in the Princeton game, but in Duff he met probably, the best guard of the year...