Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...general lesson of the year is that the running attack is at last firmly grounded and developed, despite the gloomy prophecies of three years ago that touchdowns were now impossible between fairly matched teams. To be sure, the problem is squarely up to the quarterback. He must not only have the plays but also the brains to use them. Each game is a problem in itself. With a heavy team having great endurance he may count on their coming harder and faster straight through. If his attack is based largely on speed and deception, he must make his scoring bids...
...line thrusts and runs off tackle, but there was little deception and the mixture was not always a happy one. The best exemplification of the fast running alert attack shown in the East was furnished by Harvard and Colgate. The latter team, however, suffered from the lack of a quarterback who had mastered the art of playing the concertina with the defence...
...that the University will not have such a green and inexperienced eleven as might seem to be the prospect to the ordinary follower of football. He places Coolidge at left end; Gilman, left tackle; Taylor, left guard; Harris, centre; Dadmun, right guard; Caner, right tackle; Harte, right end; Robinson, quarterback; Boles, left halfback; Flower, right halfback; and Bond, fullback. Of Coolidge, Gilman, Taylor, Dadmun, Harte and Boles, all football enthusiasts know a great deal. The new names are Harris, centre; Caner, right tackle; Robinson quarter-back; Flower and Bond, backs...
...replaced, however, by either Waite, Jacques, Neville, Bingham, or Carey. Winters, Merrick, and Stewart, who played on their Freshman team last fall. Braden and Hutchinson will be eligible next year, and should be valuable additions to the squad. Both Van Nostrand and Ames will again compete for quarterback...
...fill Shelton's place, and Bard and Dixon fit candidates for the line. The greatest problem will be to find a man to take Cool's place at centre. Hoffman and Benedict, substitute backs, will be good material in another year, as will Van Horn. Bretz, the freshman quarterback, a fast, heady player, a good kicker and a man who has shown some excellent qualities in generalship, should be the logical man to take Barrett's place. The freshman team also offers some good line and backfield candidates...