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...University's leading ground gainers and punters, has developed an infection, which will probably preclude any chance of his getting in today's game, has turned the odds in favor of the Westerners. The loss of French means that H.W. Burns '28 will have to carry most of the quarter-back assignment today, while the Crimson punting will devolve on T.F. Mason '30, Sophomore back who has recently been promoted to the Team A ranks...
...decision of Leary follows closely the announcement of C. C. Buell '23, former quarter-back and captain of the University squad in 1922, that he will continue as an instructor at Milton Academy next year. These two statements eliminate two of the more likely choices for the new head coach...
...great feature of prearranged tactics and strategy. Numerical values were assigned to the scoring plays, 1 to a safety, 2 to a touchdown; 4 to a goal from try following touchdown; and 5 to a goal from the field. The positions were settled into seven forwards or rushers, a quarter-back, two half-backs and a full-back. The names of the line positions also began to appear, "end," "next-to-end," "next-to-center" and "center...
Puffer, Maher, and Stafford at quarter-back, composed the backfield. Substitutions were very frequent. Hitch and Dean played ends for a while, Taylor, Coady, and Nash tackles, C. H. Bradford and Laimbeer guards, and Adie center. McGlone, Braden, and Brown replaced three of the original backs, but Maher was kept in the whole time...
...action were most significant features of yesterday's football practice. Howe, a Junior backfield man who saw experience in quite a few of the 1923 games and who captained his Freshman team, was dismissed from the doctor's squad and declared available for the Holy Cross contest. The depleted quarter-back ranks were strengthened by the addition of Akers, for two years a member of Coach Fisher's squad who was dropped to the scrubs the second week of practice...