Word: fullback
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Owing to recent developments of an injury to his shoulder received in the Lehigh game last Saturday, Otis Guernsey, fullback of the Yale eleven, will be out of the game possibly for the rest of the season. Guernsey was a regular two years ago, but last year he was displaced by Legore. He is the best drop-kicker on the squad...
...through most of the scrimmage and showed aggressiveness on the offense. J. A. Doherty '16, quarterback on the second team last year, played that position on the first team yesterday for the first time this week and made a creditable showing. W. Whitney '16, who started the scrimmage at fullback scored twice on drop-kicks from the 25-yard line. The best kicking was done by D. M. McElwain '18, one of whose punts went over 75 yards...
...forward pass thrown out of bounds is now ruled incomplete. A penalty of one down is inflicted and the ball brought back. There will be no more roughing of the secondary defense after the whistle blows as has been possible heretofore. Especially is this true in regard to the fullback, heavy penalties being inflicted if he is interfered with while receiving a kick, or if he is intentionally roughed at any time...
With twelve letter men back, Brown should have a strong team next fall. The "Brown Daily Herald" has outlined the prospects as follows: "Twelve 'B' men will return next fall. These include Captain Andrews, halfback; Gordon, halfback; Fraser, fullback; Murphy, quarterback; Ward, Farnum, Huggening, and Bailey, tackles; McBee and Ormsby, ends; Maxwell, guard; and Staff, centre. The team has done a little spring training and will probably return a week early in the fall." The University-Brown game next fall comes on November 13, one week before the Yale game...
...Daly '17 has been putting up an excellent game at fullback, while R. T. Whistler '16, captain of his Freshman team is a prominent backfield candidate...