Word: halfback
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Haven., Conn., Oct. 6, 1908.-The university team was scored on by the college team today in a stiff scrimmage lasting 30 minutes. The second team has been greatly strengthened by the addition of Corey at quarterback and Brides at halfback. Kilpatrick's face was badly cut during the practice...
Browne at quarterback did good work and handled the ball well, especially on the forward passes. Cutler, who took his place in the last half, ran the team in good shape and helped the runners. Smith at halfback, although slow and uncertain, was a good ground gainer and kept his feet. White and Sprague both showed up well in the second half, particularly the latter, whose punt over the heads of the Bowdoin backs was a feature of the game...
...White and Gray, the second team's backs, and Cutler and Minot of the Freshman eleven are all first-rate players. W.H. Brown, a former Exeter player, who was ineligible to play last fall, is a heavy and powerful fullback. Doubtless some of these men will be transferred to halfback, for which position the only regular candidates seem to be Gilbert and Graydon of last year's squad...
Newton Keith Hartford '09, of Watertown, pitcher, prepared at Watertown High School, where he pitched on the baseball team for four years and played halfback on the football team for one year. This is his third year as pitcher for the University nine. He is 21 years old, is 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds...
Newton Keith Hartford '09, of Watertown, pitcher, prepared at Watertown High School, where he pitched on the baseball team for four years and played halfback on the football team for one year. This is his third year as pitcher for the University nine. He is 21 years old, is 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds...