Word: linesmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...prepared at the meeting, the list of men who, it is expected, will be on the squad for the trip, contains the names of 24 players, 13 linesmen and 11 backs. They are: J. K. Desmond Occ., M. Phinney Occ., J. F. Ryan Occ., and P. D. Steele '20, ends; H. H. Faxon '21, W. D. Hubbard '22, R. K. Kane '22, and R. M. Sedgwick '21, tackles; J. F. Brown '22, C. A. Clark, Jr., Occ., and T. S. Woods '20, guards; C. F. Havemeyer '21, and P. J. Philbin '20, centres; W. B. Felton Occ., F. Johnson...
...plan. At that time forward passes were unheard of and mass plays with flying wedges were relied on for results. This form of play made the game a confused one to follow. And it was almost impossible for the stands to tell who was doing the work. Furthermore, regular linesmen were not then in vogue, and the spectators were left to guess as to whether the team with the ball had one, two or ten yards to go, or whether it was first, second or third down. In a word, to the spectator in the distant stand the game...
...meeting will be addressed by Head Coach R. T. Fisher '12, the man who is responsible for the team this fall, and "Wally" Trumbull '15, a former tackle of three year's experience, who has been coaching the linesmen this season. It is expected that a record number will be on hand to make up for the unsatisfactory showing made at the earlier mass meetings...
...follows: Hartley, l.e.; Ladd, l.t.; Reynolds, l.g.; Forbes, c.; Wood, r.g.; Fiske, r.t.; Thayer, r.e.; Rogers, q.b.; Dempsey, l.h.b.; Chapin, r.h.b.; Churchill, f.b. During the early afternoon the men were given tackling practice at the dummys. Then the backs and ends ran through signals and forward passing. Linesmen practised starts and "breaking through...
...first forty minutes of the afternoon the backfield men were groomed on interference by Coach Gardner, while W. B. Snow '18 showed the linesmen how to use their hands in breaking through and warding off opponents...