Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expressed in sports circles as to the authenticity of Coach Mal Stevens starting line-up as announced last night. The Blue mentor stated that he would start, Albie Booth, Yale's injured flash at quarterback with Harlan Ellis, Ned Austen and Don McLennan as running mates. Inasmuch as this backfield has virtually never been together, some have aired their doubts as to whether Stevens actually means to start it. The only possible alternative seems to be McLennan at quarter with Snead, Miller, and Dunn at the other posts...
What a first team backfield that would be! Among them there's not a thing in the game of football that Booth, Marsters, Cagle and Murrel can't do and do it well. You couldn't do a great deal better if you had the whole country as a field to choose from...
...Harvard line withstood the onslaughts of the flashy Eli backfield better than was expected. Parker's broken field running and Crowley's scoring punches were the only Blue attacks which punctured the Crimson defense. The performance of the Harvard ends, W. C. Barton '33 and H. G. Reisner, Jr. '33, and that of I. B. Hardy, Jr. '33 and fullback chiefly marked the Harvard play...
Harvard's backfield has practically expanded from a quartet into a sextet, because May and White, the two men who top the Crimson reserve strength, can practically he practically as members of the regular four it is certain that they will see considerable action in today's game, thus giving Harvard an all-Sophomore backfield Wood, the general of the Crimson team and the principal cog in Harvard's now feared and famous aerial offense, will have the attention of the crowd focused on him. Since he was given his chance against Army the cool headed Sophomore has, because...
...Coach Bachman of Florida, beat the Alligators, may also decide today conflict. Harvard's reserve ends, Harding and Ogden rank with the best, while Kuchn and Myerson take little away from the efficiency of the first line when they are in there. Mention has already been made of the backfield reserves...