Word: guarding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Sheldon will be available again for one of the tackles, with Baldridge, Yates and Kirkpatrick for the other position. Kirkpatrick showed great promise in his work on the 1919 team. Captain-elect Black, who was one of the most powerful guards on any team this year, will continue at his old position. Two good men for the other guard have been found in Galt and Zenner of the 1919 eleven, and although C. Sheldon may be shifted from tackle to guard, the chances are that one of the two will find J. Sheldon's place. McGrath is another possible candidate...
...enabling the Providence team to capture a 3-0 victory. The other backfield man to go is Saxton. Although this was his first year as first-string player, he proved a fairly reliable fullback, being especially good on the defence. The absence of Staff and Maxwell, the two guards, will leave a big hold in the centre of the line. Staff had played on the team three years, and he proved equally efficient at both guard and centre. Maxwell is another three-year veteran. Though handicapped by injuries this past season, he was always the strongest in the centre...
...Haven, Conn., November 30, 1915.--At the banquet of the Yale football squad this evening, C. R. Black '17 S, of New York, N. Y., regular left guard on this season's team, was unanimously elected captain for next year...
...speaking of Black in his outline of the Yale team in the Crimson of November 20, R. W. P. Brown '98 said: "He is only a sophomore, yet he shows a knowledge of his position, left guard, that would do credit to a veteran. In spite of his weight of over 200 pounds he has the activity to shoot through when an occasional opportunity permits and reach the backfield man with the ball before the latter's interference has had time to get under way. . . . He makes himself a very efficient member of his team, no matter where the play...
...Connecticut National Guard has formally accepted the Yale Battery. As only 486 men have as yet enlisted, recruiting will continue this week until about 550 men have joined. Captain Marlborough Churchill, U. S. A., and Adjutant General Edward M. Cole, C. N. G., have inspected the battery...