Word: punter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been elected captain of the Freshman football team. Church prepared at St. Paul's School, where he was captain of the school eleven, and has been holding down a regular position in the 1920 backfield since the beginning of the year. He is a fast runner and a good punter...
...University of Virginia, fresh from a 21-to-0 victory over Richmond College, was, barely beaten by Georgia in a hot, closely-contested game. This defeat, the first Georgia has been able to inflict in four years, was somewhat lessened by the appearance of Thurman, Virginia's veteran punter, who reported for practice at the beginning of the week, and who got into the game for a few minutes in the second half. His addition to the squad should be a decided strengthening of its defense, for he got off his usual long punts Saturday...
...snapping back was very poor; on the direct passes the runners would pick the ball out of the air on one side or the other, and twice the Yale punter had to reach and take the ball with one hand. Inaccurate passing of the sort against a sharp defence may get the Elis into trouble. The tendency of most of the Yale backs was to run high and they did not use the straight arm at all. Braden was one exception. He ran low with terrific power both in carrying the ball and in interference. The power of the Yale...
...Virginia, which battles Yale and Harvard, is without Mayor, one of the greatest backs in the country last year, and may not have Thurman, its wonderful punter, to rely on. He best Yale last year by his exceptional booting and kept Harvard from crossing the Virginia goal line. Thurman, who has been fighting for the Allies in France, is trying to get his release, and may be able to face Harvard, although it is a certainty that he could not get in trim to play against Yale. Otherwise, Virginia shapes up pretty well. P. R. Evans, an alumnus, is coaching...
...something they had lacked since 1899, a dependable ground-gaining system. It would be blinking the situation to assume that Princeton, win or lose, will have an attack which will give pause to her strongest opponents. Certainly, he has the material to work with. In Driggs he has a punter good for any distance up to sixty yards, and a man who showed late last season that he knows how to turn the ends. In Tibbott he has a dangerous open field-runner and an expert drop-kicker. In Moore he has a fast, elusive back. We shall see Princeton...