Word: guard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Briefly, the "Guards Back" play was planned on the wedge principle. With five men on the line of scrimmage, the ends were drawn into the backfield. At the signal, the right guard left his place, and came into the backfield, while the right halfback jumped into the vacant place in the line. The quarterback passed to the guard, who plunged into the line. The quarterback, left halfback, fullback, and ends got behind him and pushed. No line could stand against this sharp-pointed wedge...
...Seconds have defeated the Coast Guard Academy and lost to the St. John's Preparatory School eleven...
Free again, the love-mad young lad fled with his bien aimee to Bulgaria, whence the runaway Princess was brought back to Bucharest under strong guard at the request of Queen Marie, who drove through the streets with her to still the rumors of her elopment. After this Princess Ileana is supposed to have tried to kill herself (means unspecified...
...tackle berths. B. C. Tripp '28 and T. F. Mason '30 were the other additions to the list of players who have held Team A positions this week. Tripp, who has not started a University game since the Tiger encounter at Princeton two years ago, was at left guard in place of John Parkinson '29, while Mason replaced David Guarnaccia '29 in the Crimson backfield. Unless A. E. French '29 starts tomorrow's game at either quarter or halfback, the chances seem pretty good of Mason's facing the Hoosier eleven. The Sophomore, although very light...
...appearance of John Parkinson '29 at left guard again on the first eleven discredits the rumor that he was about to be displaced by B. C. Tripp '28, while the fact that J. G. Douglas '30 was for the second time this week in one of the Team A wing positions lends color to the prediction that he will start against Indiana in preference to any of the other end candidates. Although Douglas has played a comparatively obscure role this fall, his work in recent practices has impressed the coaches with his possibilities as first string material...