Word: joss
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...line up of the first team in yesterday's practice was: Bingham and Luman, ends; Joss and Root, tackles; Sturhahn and Wortham, guards; Lovejoy, center; Bench, quarterback, and Allen, Cottle and Pend, backs...
After the Nort Carolina game a week ago Head Coach Jones spent the week rearranging his linesmen and backs, several new tackles and guards being tried out. The Red and Blacks on Saturday faced Richards and Sturhahn, on the left side of the line in place of Joss and Wortham. The new combination did not go as well as the old and in addition the right side crumbled under the fierce attack of the Crackers, Georgia on straight line plays making 73' yards in the first period against 23 for the Blue. Jess, Wortham and Root were put into...
Georgia players, in commenting upon the playing of the Eli linesmen, declared that Bingham and Luman on the ends. Captain Lovejoy at center and Joss at tackle, played best against them, bearing out, the opinion that the Blue tackles and guards in general are weak, Luman and Lovejoy were especially praised, while Bingham was characterized by the Southerners as a good man but lacking in experience...
...Joss and Root are now leading the race for the tackle positions, with Sturhahn and Richards looking like their most promising running mates at guard. Of these men Richards alone started the game against the southerners at the position he held today. Captain Lovejoy at center and Bingham and Luman on the flanks are the only men who can be reasonably sure of retaining their positions in the line...
Bench ran the team at quarter, Hart replaced Hingham at end, and Joss was returned to tackle when Richards was slightly hurt. Kline, a second string halfback, twisted his knee, and with F. Potts, who has a bad ankle, will be out for a few days. Richards will be back tomorrow...