Word: linemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...policy of kicking on third, and sometimes second, down. Designed to "make the break" for the Crimson, the idea depends on a high-calibre punter and fast wingmen. The point, as illustrated amply in the W. P. I. encounter by booter Walt Coulson and several hard-charging Lamar linemen, is to keep kicking after one or two running plays, until a break comes, in the form of a fumble by the punt-returner, or a blocked kick...
...used so far this year, but not necessarily abandoned by Lamar, is the famous "double shift." Constructed so as to pull opposing linemen offside, although no one would every admit that, it worked to the turn of just 17 offside penalties in the 1942 Penn game. The formation starts with a single wing to the right, but everyone starts moving of a sudden, with the fullback spinning to confuse matters, and pretty soon it is a left formation--with at least three of the opponents offside by them...
Outweighing and outperforming the backs, the Crimson linemen have thus far shown themselves to be the strong spot in Lamar's armor. Boasting five members of last year's squad, one veteran college gridman, and one promising civilian Freshman, the forward wall is powerful on both offense and defense...
Ashley solved his first knotty problem in 1884, at the age of three, when an uncle taught him to tie a reef (square) knot. Since then he has hobnobbed with sailors, cowboys, circus men, weavers, tailors, butchers, truck drivers, Boy Scouts, steeple jacks, cobblers, electric linemen, "and with elderly ladies who knit." He has watched oxen slung for shoeing, accompanied tree surgeons aloft, shadowed poachers to examine their snares...
...deception makes it fun to play, and because its line play is individual rather than team blocking, the T was ideal in a season of short practices and shifting squads. With its fancy ball handling, the T was also responsible for many fumbles and heavy penalties for holding by linemen...