Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most interesting event forthcoming yesterday was a shift in the order of the candidates for the quarterback position. In the Bates game, Bradlee was first choice, Freedley second, and Logan third. Yesterday, this order was exactly reversed, Logan running Team A, Freedley Team B, and Bradlee being kept on the sidelines. This change was due to the fact that in Saturday's game Logan, who played during the third period, showed vastly better generalship than either of the others. Bradlee's work lacked snap, and he showed a marked tendency to fumble and miss signals. The shift is, of course...
...Wigglesworth '12, who is expected to help out in the coaching of the candidates for the quarterback position, has just returned from the Philippines to enter the Law School. He was not on the field yesterday, but is expected to be on hand soon...
...article then goes on to speak of over-confidence in stars and comments in order on the quarterbacks, backs, line and end material "Last year, Gardner fulfilled all the requisites of a quarter-back perfectly, but this year there is no candidate who shows anything like his promise. True, it is early in the season, but the trouble is that no one of the quarterback candidates apparently has the capacity to develop into a first class...
Bradlee, the new quarterback was again watched with a great deal of interest. He ran the team very well indeed, but was weak when playing on the defence. He persisted in misjudging punts, though just before he was taken out he seemed to have come into his own, for the took a kick perfectly and ran it in some 25 yards. On the offence his it weakness was that he seemed a little prone to fumble and handled the ball with insecurity. However, he has improved much since the Maine game...
...backfield, Bradlee was the chief centre of interest, when he took a hand at quarterback. He certainly handled the ball well, though his plays were not as snappy as could be desired. It seems, however, as if he may yet fill the place satisfactorily when more accustomed...