Word: quarterback
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yale's greatest problems will most likely be in building up a strong backfield and strengthening the offence. Two of last year's team, N. Wheeler and T. H. Cornell, are available for the position of quarterback. D. Markle and H. A. Pumpelly are the only two backs who have had experience in the final games of last season. Of these, Pumpelly, is a drop-kicker and line plunger of ability...
...shown up exceedingly well at the tackle positions. At centre Marking has shown exceptional speed and it is thought that he will given a try-out there, with MacLeish, another good substitute, as an understudy. Captain Ketcham would in that case be shifted to end. In the backfield Wilson, quarterback of the 1916 freshman eleven, has distance both Wheeler and Gornish in competition for the quarterback position. The backfield has been further strengthened by Guernsey, a powerful line-plunger; Knowles, a promising drop and place-kicker; and C. Taylor. With this array of good material the coaches are confident...
...nucleus of nine varsity players next year's football team will be built. It's preliminary prospects, though extremely uncertain, as preliminary prospects always are, are good. In the line there will be veteran players for every position, except one end, and in the backfield, the position of quarterback will call for the only new regular. More-over, twelve men who were members of the first varsity squad last fall, but who did not win their letters, will return to the game in September. Add to these a number of first class men from the 1916 Freshman team...
...string of backs who have already played a year on a Freshman team and a year on a University team together, should make a wellnigh unsurpassed backfield, lacking only Captain Wendell of this year's eleven. Miller and McKinlock from the 1916 team will make promising substitutes. At quarterback, however, will come the great problem of the season. Freedley and Logan, last year's substitutes, will return; but what seems a probable solution is the plan so try Mahan, captain and halfback on the 1916 Freshman team, at quarterback, where he was given a trial in spring practice. Watson...
...result of this practice it was seen that the quarterback position is to be the real problem of the team next fall. Of the seven or eight possibilities for Gardner's position none as yet have filled the place to the satisfaction of the coaches. The candidates for quarterback at present are F. J. Bradlee '15, W. E. Bright '14, B. C. Cartmell '16, J. A. Doherty '16, V. Freedley '14, M. J. Logan '15, E. W. Mahan '16, W. Rollins '16, E. G. Swigert '15, and D. C. Watson '16. Of these Bradlee, Logan, Mahan, and Watson showed...