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...survivors, Captain McMillan, who has been holding down the pivot berth, has been moved over to guard. Bartell, up to now an end, has been put in the center to fill the place left vacant by McMillan's shift. Bartell is not a novice at the snapper-back position, having had experience as a center on his Freshman team two years...
...upheaval which has caused the shift of prominent athletes has also been responsible for the promotion of comparatively unknown men. Of the men raised, Keith, Darby, Rosengarten, and Jeffers, only the last two have been regarded as prominent, Jeffers having started the Amherst game at end. He failed to hold the position and has been working with the Seconds for the past week...
...provide the necessary protection, the new trunks are heavily padded and special leg and knee pads protect the legs from injury. This new equipment, according to Wendell, will enable a player to shift quickly from a crouching position to a standing or running position, and in wet weather it will naturally reduce the weight of equipment and enable faster running and quicker dodging...
...hardest kind of drudgery to earn more than 50 cents a day, or a single Philippine peso, many of these abandoned or widowed women have taken other partners, or, as is often the case, have drifted into immorality. In such conditions the boys soon are kicked out to shift for themselves, while the girls are farmed out, or 'loaned,' to friends or relatives...
...shift which sends Tripp back to his former post in the line, and Chase back to his old position on the flank, is taken as an indication that the coaches are satisfied with their reserve of ball-carriers and are now working to add more power to the forwards...