Word: linesmen
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...yard stripe. The play succeeded rather in its unexpectedness than in any trickiness in its conception. Just before the game closed Stillman shot a pass over the line that grounded between Wharton and Wales. For the remainder of the offense, the backs simply followed where the linesmen cleared the way, or raced past the Maine ends who played a waiting game, and were brushed aside by interference...
Yale openly boasts of the best material in years. They have some 20 or more big, husky linesmen of reputed star calibre among the candidates, and ample speed, weight and skill for the backfield positions. The Harvard game will be played at New Haven with any advantage that the home grounds carry. The coaching force, which did not come up to expectations in 1919, has been torn out by the roots, and Tad Jones, with a few carefully selected helpers, have been put in power. All New Haven seems to have an abundance of confidence in Jones and, since...
...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...