Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Quarterback is, as last year, the position which is the most unsettled and the coaches must develop one from untried material. D. V. O'Flaherty '10 is a heavy and exceedingly fast man and seems to be developing rapidly. S. Galatti '10, substitute quarter last year, and R. B. Wigglesworth '12 are also doing fast work. The back-field is fairly well settled with H. C. Leslie '11 and H. F. Corbett '11, two of the halfbacks on last year's team, and W. M. Minot '11, who was ineligible last fall but played fullback on the second team throughout...
...will be in College next fall. Some good men will be eligible who could not play last season on account of academic standing, as well as strong material from the championship Freshman team. The positions for which new men will have to be found, are centre, quarterback, fullback and possibly...
...Leslie will probably be the halfbacks. Both are fast, run well through a broken field, and are consistent ground gainers. Sprague, who played against Yale, and Frothingham and Winston of the 1912 team are the substitutes. The hardest task that confronts the coaches is the development of a quarterback, and throughout the spring they have been trying out available material. The same problem, however, came up last year, and Coaches Haughton and Daly developed from green material a quarter whose work was of the best...
...material the following have shown promise of becoming valuable men: ends, D. V. O'Flaherty '10, F. C. Paine '12, H. A. Rogers '11; tackles, H. K. Bush '11, H. Hooper '10; guard, R. T. Fisher '12; centres, F. A. Forster '10, F. D. Huntington '12; quarterback, E. P. Pierce, Jr., '12; backs, T. Frothingham, Jr., '12, G. E. Morrison '12. Throughout the practice these men have shown speed, accuracy in handing the ball, and aggressiveness in play...
...Houston '10 scoring on a long run after a fumble. The game between teams C and D was marred by constant fumbling, neither team being able to hold the ball long enough to score. C. D. Daly '01 was on the field coaching the candidates for quarterback...