Word: halfback
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...confuse the Big Ten further, underrated Illinois salvaged a hospitalized halfback named Bob Mitchell, and turned him loose against high-riding Minnesota. Result: Illinois 34, Minnesota...
HANOVER, N. H.--Jim Burke, hardhitting right halfback, is lost to the unbeaten Dartmouth football team for the remainder of the season due to a shoulder separation, it was learned yesterday...
...Using a halfback option play with devastating effect, the Green ripped at will through the Crimson defenses in the first half. Two touchdown plays, covering 26 and 14 yards respectively came on the option. This play is a neat variation on the standard quarterback option...
...Dartmouth play, the quarterback gives the ball to one of his halfbacks, who drives into the line. If he sees yardage ahead he keeps the ball, but if he finds opposition, he laterals the ball back to the quarterback who is sweeping the end. With the opposition's defense pulled in to cover the halfback, the quarterback usually has a lot of running room ahead...
...final Dartmouth touchdown came on a 54-yard run by halfback Don Klages, who was the leading ground-gainer for the Green, totalling 109 yards on 12 carries. The most damage, however, was done by the first-string backfield of Bradley, Pratt, Jim Burke and John Crouthamel. These four carried a total of 18 times for a net gain of 165 yards or an average of 9.2 yards per carry...