Word: guarding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Wheeler '18, who did not play this year, and B. Lancaster '18, of the second team close behind him. None of these men, however, have had much experience. Taylor and Dadmun, both veterans from the past season, will be able to take care of the guard positions, with D. Duncan '17, P. Zach '19, W. Burr '18 and W. B. Snow '18 as strong substitutes. If Zach develops as his work on the Freshman eleven this fall indicated, he may be used as a regular guard, and Taylor shifted to his old place at centre. J. C. Harris...
...treated as men and as such are placed on their honor. The men have risen to their new opportunities. Recently a prisoner escaped and at once a crowd of volunteers offered to go in search of the fugitive. The band, 16 in number, set out in charge of one guard. They were gone all night and had plenty of opportunity to escape, yet the next day, all returned. Afterward one of the party came to Mr. Osborne and said: "Ain't it too bad more of them aren't like you and me? If they was, this world would...
best player in the Tiger line, gets a place at guard, with Dadmun, of Harvard, as a partner. Thurman of Virginia loses out even on consideration of his prowess as a punter, for the punting will be well taken care of by Maban, and besides, in the modern game of deceptive play, the wisdom of having a lineman drop back to kick is doubtful. Dadmun's play in the Yale game marked him as a guard of unusual ability, for not only did he defend his position impregnably, but time and again he took out both...
There is not much new material for the guards, but fortunately Hogg and Nourse, both 1917, will return to take their old places. These two men formed the backbone of the Princeton defence this season. Finney was the best guard the freshman had this year, with the exception of Funk, who moved to this position only a couple of days before the Yale game...
...that the Indians more than doubly out-rushed the Crimson, and gained more than twice as many first downs. Taylor, at centre, standing out as the mainstay of a line still weak on defense, put up a game in this contest which insured for him a regular place at guard when Wallace's eligibility later displaced...