Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...large, it suffers by comparison with Harvard elevens of the past few years in so far as it is weak in punting and drop-kicking and lacks the threat which Mahan was wont to provide. It also lacks the pristine ability to hold the ball and to shapter backfield defence. None the less, the Haughton system has realized fully upon the material with which it had to work, and has developed a good strong team out of green players who will be more formidable against Yale than they were against the Tigers. The game was neither thrilling nor spectacular...
...Breaks in the game favored each contestant; but Princeton was favored to greater extent. The Tigers failed to take advantage of all their opportunities; Harvard took full advantage of one of her's and thus won the contest. Of the handling of punts in the backfield, which gave the game a sloppy look, there has been criticism--mainly unjust. For it will be noted that a large percentage of the fumbling occurred in the north section of the gridiron--the sunfield. When it is stated that players standing in this half of the field were unable to see the south...
...backfield men now know what is meant by hard tackling; the linemen know what it means to play through 60 minutes of hard, damaging work. Up to the Princeton game the team was distinctly an unknown quantity, but today the graduates of Harvard, the public and the coaches realize that they have an eleven which has been put to the test, and even with many of the breaks against them, were not found wanting...
...were excused from football practice yesterday afternoon and given an opportunity to take a well deserved rest. The substitutes, however, were given a good workout in the Stadium, running through signals and lining up in two teams for a few minutes' hard work. Flower and Bond were in the backfield of team B, with S. Burnham '19, and did some good work on the offence in a short practice against team C. The general tone of the day's work was light and quiet, with the men of letting the men start the week's work gradually in preparation...
...York Times praised him as follows: "Individually, Fritz Pollard, a lithe, dusky, six-foot half back, displayed the cleverest all-around backfield success attained on Yale Field this season. In end running, forward passing, in executing a bewildering criss-cross and delayed pass run, which was Brown's trump card, in running back punts, in side stepping and dodging Yale tackles in a broken field, Pollard gave a peerless performance. His head line exhibition brought the crowd of 25,000 spectators up with a roar in the opening minutes of the final period. Catching a punt hoisted aloft to midfield...