Word: backed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard threatened to score again in the fourth quarter, when Reginald Fincke, Jr. '32, ran back a punt 75 yards, only to be downed on the Tufts 15-yard line...
...arms, in a close formation or "pack", and shove directly against the opposing pack. The ball is thrown between the two groups by the referee, and the front line of each pack tries to hook the ball with the feet and kick it backward through the pack to a back who waits for it. Success in this operation depends upon the power of the pack as a whole to shove hard, and upon the footwork in getting the ball back...
...alone has Mayor Walker ridden to fame and fortune. In Boston haberdashery failed to assist a candidate for in the reign of mud that preceded the election few presses could endure. So Curley is in the saddle again. It may be hoped he will not break the camel's back...
Prior to the regular session, William Murray, who was captain and quarter back of the 1919 Harvard eleven and who has been scouting Michigan this fall, gave the squad a talk on the various Wolverine formations. There was no demonstration of these plays, but this afternoon will undoubtedly find the Crimson eleven's in a brief skeleton drill against the Ann Arbor team's attack...
...entire squad, with the exception of Hugely, reported in sound physical condition. O'Connell was back at his right end post, and it seems quite definite that he and Douglas will start Saturday at the wings. There were no other lineup changes; the backfield combination of Wood, Putnam, Devens and Harper, which made its debut against Florida, was working together again. A short but snappy signal drill concluded the afternoon's practice...