Word: fisher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hurdler than a football player, are the most recent acquisitions of the University squad. Brown, a lanky back weighing less than 160 pounds, saw some service on Coach Campbell's Freshman squad last year, but has only recently acquired the brilliancy which made him look promising to Coach Fisher...
Hard work was again the slogan at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon when Coach Fisher put the University players through another gruelling scrimmage against the scrubs. Wednesday's scrimmage served to test the offensive power of the first three line-ups, Yesterday proved that they were equally strong on the defense. Time and again the black shirts tried to drive the University lines back, but in vain. Captain Greenough's men and later Team B were immovable...
...Coach Fisher sent Team A in shortly after 5 o'clock, and Team B was given a chance to show their offensive strength. Baldwin, Locke and Robinson were new in the line, which displayed nearly as much strength as the first string line. At quarterback, Zarakov was given his first opportunity to direct an eleven in action. After Team B had recovered the ball from the scrubs, Zarakov led the team down the field for a touchdown, scored by Cheek, who substituted for Puffer...
...clock two scrub teams entered the Stadium. Coach Fisher gave Team A the ball on its 20-yard line. By fast and powerful linebucks, the University team easily carried the ball to midfield. Spalding, Hammond, Gehrke, and Miller worked with the precision usually found in a backfield toward the middle of the season. The pigskin was then returned to the University's 30-yard line, and Team A again drove it to midfield. The ball was moved about by the coaches arbitrarily...
...lineup was the replacement of Hitch, who is temporarily on the doctor's list, by Beals at right end. Team B did not show the same force as Team A but, nevertheless, was able to score when Saniborski who had substituted for Howe crossed the zero line. Coach Fisher tried out several combinations. Puffer and Cheek replaced Rogers and Stafford in the backfield, which made it practically the third team backfield. In the line Harrison and Robinson, recent donners of the red jersey, replaced Taylor and Robb, and the second eleven's center, Gamsche, gave way to the 1922 star...