Word: berthed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kilkelley, the lightest man of the Dartmouth team who has won a first string berth by his aggressive tackling and his strong offensive charge...
...problem presented by the designated Harvard line up is the total absence of any players known as kickers. Speculation turns into several channels regarding the probable punting choice. Captain C. A. Pratt '28, who won the punting contest last spring, may come out of his tackle berth to do the kicking, or J. P. Crosby '28, stellar halfback may receive the nomination...
...backfield find of the current season. At Andover and as a Freshman at the University Burns was a strong wingman. Coach Horween shifted him to the backfield at the opening of football practice this year, and Burns has subsequently vindicated the shift by earning an undisputed berth in the team A backfield. With Moore and French, Burns ranks first among the University punters, and is also a drop and place kicker of merit. He is rugged in build a fast runner, and gives promise of being an effective ball carrier...
...first game. That there are no quarter backs of University experience available for this year's eleven is a fact too well known to need repetition. W. D. Wetmore '30, captain of last year's Freshman team, was counted on as the most likely candidate for the University berth this fall, but he is at present, although able to go through light work-outs, counted out for the season on account of injuries sustained last summer. Wetmore's disability leaves D. J. Kelley '28, H. W. Burns '28, W. B. Jones '28, and G. K. Brown '28 as possible choices...
...call over the others for the team A job, Kelley was substitute quarter on the 1928 Freshman team and has for two years piloted the University serabs. Burns who is rated after Kelley at this time alternated with Kelley as second choice in the signal caller's berth on the first year eleven three years ago and since then has played sporadically with the ineligibles. Burns, who is captain of next spring's University diamond outfit, and a board; sprinter of note has hitherto concentrated most of his efforts on baseball and track...