Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sailor eleven will meet its first test today since the brilliant 28-to 0 victory over Camp Devens on November 3. W. J. Murray '18, E. L. Casey '19, T. H. Enwright '18 and Cannell of Dartmouth compose a fast backfield, which can be depended upon for long gains. Skilton, the former B. A. A. hockey star, has developed rapidly under Coach Leary, while C. A. Clark, Jr., '19, Algar of Tufts and O'Connor of Georgetown are well-known college linemen. A. Horween '20, a recruit from the University informals, will start at centre, although he may be supplanted...
...University was represented on the Devens eleven by seven former players: W. F. Robinson '18, H. W. Minot '17, T. C. Thacher '18, in the backfield; and C. A. Coolidge '17, W. Whitney '16, M. Weston '15 and M. Wiggin '18 in the line. Minot was the strongest player on the offence, making a 37-yard run through the middle of the sailor eleven...
...sailor eleven there is a remarkable array of individual talent. Black and Callahan from Yale, Schlacter of Syracuse and Green of Dartmouth in the line form a powerful combination. As backfield players, there will be Barrett, captain at Cornell, with Gerrish of Dartmouth and Hite and Gardner from the Middle West. The team had an unbroken string of victories until the cohesive play of Rutgers defeated the sailors' individual efforts in a 14-to-0 game in New York. The University informals were among the teams defeated by the Rhode Island squad...
...University has given not only the coach but also seven former players of University calibre to the Devens team. To form a typical University eleven Coach Haughton has the following players: In the backfield, W. F. Robinson '18, H. W. Minot '17 and T. C. Thacher, Jr., '18; and in the line, C. A. Coolidge '17, W. Whitney '16, M. Weston '15 and M. Wiggin '18. Henry of Brown, a new recruit for the team, will be another strong lineman
...Camp Devens-Camp Upton game in New York, H. W. Minot '17 contributed the winning score for the Massachusetts eleven on a 60-yard run for a touchdown. The Devens team, drilled by Coach Haughton, contained seven former University players in its lineup. In the backfield: W. F. Robinson '18, Minot and T. C. Thacher, Jr., '18 played a fast game, while in the line the University contributed two ends, a guard and centre, in C. A. Coolidge '17, W. Whiting '16, M. Weston '15 and M. Wiggin '18. C. Blagden '02 played for the Upton eleven...