Word: halfbacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Charles Edward Brickley, of Everett, was elected captain of the Freshman football team at a meeting held last evening. He prepared for College at Everett High School, where he played for four years and was captain of the team, and at Exeter, where he played right halfback last fall. He has played left halfback regularly on the Freshman team this fall...
Princeton, N. J., October 30, 1911.--Practice for the Princeton football squad was light this afternoon, fifteen minutes of defensive scrimmage for the first team forming the main part of it. Baker, who played at halfback all season, was tried out at quarter. The only injury sustained in the Holy Cross game was that of Wight, the regular right...
...participants in one or more exhibitions of the sort of football one likes to see. Perhaps the two most spectacular plays, Brown's brilliant scoring not excepted, were performed by Potter and Campbell, respectively. Recovering a fumble by Sprackling on Brown's 40-yard line, the Harvard halfback, aided by the sort of interference which continually defied the Brown forwards, ran the remaining distance for a touchdown. Potter soon made another five points possible by the prettiest sort of open field work. Reynolds was waiting to catch one of Sprackling's punts on Harvard's 40-yard line when Potter...
...Harvard backfield little adverse criticism can be found. Wendell, as usual, played the line-tearing game to perfection, and he was responsible for nearly all the gains through the centre positions. At left halfback Campbell played the best game of his career to date, his 18-yard run at the beginning of the game making possible the first score. He is the fastest man in the backfield when carrying the ball, and his dodging was a feature of Saturday's game. At fullback Huntington played during the whole game. His strong point was his excellent defensive work and his quick...
...practice on Andrews Field this afternoon in preparation for the Harvard game. The coaches did not risk a scrimmage, but put the men through a careful individual drill, giving them special training in the fine points of both offensive and defensive playing. With the exception of Bean, a substitute halfback, the squad is in the best condition and the strongest possible team will be on the field when the game starts tomorrow...