Word: line
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Before its next game with Worcester Academy two weeks later, the squad elected H. H. Faxon of Quincy as captain. Faxon from the first scrimmage had appeared to the coaches as a strong and fast line player, with ability in both drop and place kicking. In the light, inexperienced Worcester eleven, the Freshman team met no opposition. A 53 to 7 score for 1921 was the final result, the Academy making their points against the Freshman substitutes. The first eleven displayed a varied attack and made long gains on forward passes...
With the Princeton game coming the following Saturday, Coach Wallace drove the men hard for several days. Permanent shifts were made in several positions of the line to make better use of the first-string material, and as a result the team came through with a 24 to 0 victory...
...will be no H formed in the Stadium, no new songs will be sung; it will be a war time game. We, that is, all but the freshmen, do not even know who plays each position on the two teams In former years we could all run through our line-up much easier than decline a French verb; the name Mahan meant more than words can describe. The War has changed it all; new comers fresh from preparatory schools are the men we rely on to help wipe away the stigma of last year's defeat. It is quite...
...achieved decisive success. The first was the Battle of la Fere Champenoise, in the centre of front on the Marne, where against overwhelming odds he rearranged his front, cutting into the flank of his opponents and provoking the general retreat that carried back the Germans to the line of the Aisne; the second occurred at the first battle of Ypres, where he coordinated the movements of several French and British armies, and held back the enemy on the Flanders front; the third occasion was the battle of the Somme. But not alone his record inspires confidence; the opinions of other...
...Freshman backfield played a strong game and if the line had shown power the 1921 team would have pushed the ball across for a score. The line play was very ragged, the university backs making long gains on guard and tackle drives...