Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Thorne Murphy and Jim Braden were revealed to be the strong men in the Blue eleven. Each kicked a goal and each was a consistent line gainer in a disorganized backfield...
Ralph Horween Occ., the injured backfield man on Team A, who was hurt for the second time in the Princeton game, returned to an active participation in signal drill yesterday. Almost every day since that fierce battle he has spent the afternoon kicking goals from the field, and it is in that connection that he will probably enter the Yale game. Until a critical moment his brother, A. Horween '20, will take his berth at fullback. But when the team comes within scoring distance by a field goal, the older Horween's recent practice in that department may stand...
...comparative scores the Crimson yearlings show up well, but the weight of the Yale team will be a big factor. From tackle to tackle the Yale line averages over 205 pounds, as against 175 pounds per man for the University. In the backfield Yale also has an advantages of 19 pounds per man. H. Herr, Yale's left guard, will be the heaviest man in the game, weighing 240 pounds, with a height of five feet ten inches...
...game with Worcester Academy, the Freshmen today have no first-string men out with injuries. P. B. Kunhardt, L. De Jonge. V. Chapin and R. Martin, who have been out most of the season, are all back in condition and may play in today's game. The substitute backfield consists of R. Martin, J. H. Dempsey, P. E. Wilson and C. Cummings, all of whom have played in at least one game this season. Kunhardt, De Jonge and C. C. Lee are the most probable candidates for line substitutions...
...other change was made in the backfield, A. Horween '20 replacing S. Burnham. It is still too soon before the Yale game and the line-up in the Tufts game will be too problematical to draw any deductions from the substitutions in the eleven