Word: headguard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Keefer last season was one of the most colorful backs in the East; playing without a headguard, his speed and clusiveness reminded many of Brown's greatest back, Follard. Mishel is another speedster, and is also a capable dropkicker. Of the other starting backs, Payer is experienced, heavy, and fast, while Jones, who has won the fullback berth has plenty of weight and played well in the last period of the Penn game...
...makes the play or that the public knows all the players anyway. Yet anyone who has watched a game from the stands will emphatically deny the first statement; and he also knows how difficult it is to recognize a person when he is effectively disguised in a uniform and headguard. As for the argument that numbering will enable scouts to learn the plays, it is above all the scout's first business to know all the players at a glance...
...makes the play or that the public knows all the players anyway. Yet anyone who has watched a game from the stands will emphatically deny the first statement; and he also knows how difficult it is to recognize a person when he is effectively disguised in a uniform and headguard. As for the argument that numbering will enable scouts to learn the plays, it is above all the scout's first business to know all the players at a glance...