Word: linesmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Priddy's experiments with his first line apparently paid off, since the first linesmen Timpson, Koch, and Nichols accounted for four of the six Harvard goals. Second stringers Harris, Hatch, and Snelling raised the total...
...Saturday we beat Holy Cross I saw two guys I'd never heard of, and another that I'd forgotten, torpedo those huge Holy Cross linesmen. They were Dick Guidera, Jerry Kanter, and Nick Rodis. I could not imagine, too, how I had forgotten number 77's name because he was getting endless tackles. Then there was little Hal Moffle who took a handoff from Nick Athans and went 80 some yards for a T. D. None of these men individually was a hero, it dawned upon me: they were a businesslike team...
Rarely has a Wimbledon final produced such maundering and mediocre tennis. Falkenburg deliberately tossed away the second set without making a move for any ball he couldn't easily reach. As the match went on, he glared at linesmen when they flubbed decisions and took kicks at the ball when he missed easy shots. He fell a great many times and got up very slowly. London's Daily Telegraph tried to be charitable: "Should we not be nearer the truth in regarding his behavior more in the light of an overgrown schoolboy than as a schemer trying...
...tackle duties, Troy Sitter, a 207-pounder from Arlington, has shown much promise, but a host of other linesmen are out to cop the posts. Sitter, along with Dave Warden and one or two other Freshmen who fancy themselves tackles, have also been tried out on the wings by Lamar, who seems pleased with the results. John Kristopick, who at 210 is one of the heaviest men on the squad, and was an all-state guard in his high school days, definitely knows his way around a line of scrimmage and is a serious contender for a tackle post. Lamar...
...looping line, when linesmen move to the left, line backers shift to the right, to cover up the holes...