Word: milstead
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Above all, Yale's advantage lies in her backfield. If, as has been rumored, Milstead, Yale's Herculean tackle, is kept out of today's line-up by injuries the Yale forward line will be little stronger than that of Princeton. But in the backfield, Princeton has no players who can equal Mallory, Richeson, Neidlinger, Stevens, Pond and Neale...
...Century Milstead, Yale's giant tackle, who transferred from Wabash College last fall, played on a Yale team for the first time in Saturday's game with Georgia, and gave what is said to have been "the finest exhibition of tackle playing that has been seen in the Yale bowl in years...
...Milstead was in practically every play, blocking the Georgia attack before it started, tackling runners from behind, getting down the field under kicks as fast as the ends, and opening great holes for his backs. Although he played through almost the entire game, he retired late in the fourth period as fresh as he had been in the first...
Last year, while ineligible, Milstead kept in condition by scrimmaging on the second team and stoking the fires in the boiler room of the Hotel Taft...
...although Coach Tad Jones will not keep the men out of the game if the southerners have unusual strength. In their places will be Murphy at quarterback, Stevens and Pond at the half positions, and Mallory at fullback. The Yale line follows: ends, Hulman and Luman; tackles, Miller and Milstead; guards, Eckart and Diller; center, Lovejoy...