Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Curiously enough, this has been little commented on, but none the less it is novel and the most striking things about the Yale offence. Ordinarily the scrimmage line of the team in possession of the ball is without material gaps between the players from end to end. The Minnesota shift, while seemingly an exception to this statement, is in fact not so, because when the men assume their final positions prior to the snap of the ball the scrimmage line is still continuous. But Yale this year lines up with a gap of from three to five yards between...
...members. Moreover, Bradlee showed himself almost indispensable by the phenomenal brilliancy of his offensive playing. This, together with Cowen's weakness at guard, Storer's superiority as a tackle rather than an end, Gilman's adaptability, and Hardwick's experience at the wing position, are the reasons for the shift. Today's contest, the first real try- out of the new order, will spell its success or failure...
...lost 3 pounds in weight, now averaging 180, but to offset this slight decrease has gained somewhat in experience. The backfield is much stronger defensively, and should still maintain by far the greater part of its slashing at- tack in Brickley and Mahan. If things go well today, the shift will be permanent; if they do not further changes are likely to occur...
With substitutes in place of the three regulars who were resting, the University team undertook a detailed study of defensive formations designed to stop Yale. The eleven also rehearsed some offensive plays, run by the team in the new order. Because of the fact that the shift of day before yesterday was only a change of position for all but one of the players, and did not involve men strange to the team, the new combination ran smoothly. As a machine for energetic use in a hard battle, however, the new order of things is still an unknown quantity...
Practice on Soldiers Field yesterday was unusually long, the emphasis being laid on defensive work. The changes made Tuesday were adhered to, and under the new line-up the regulars were called upon to face the Yale variety of the Minnesota shift as expounded by the seconds. At first, the formations were very puzzling to the men, but later they were able to size up most of them and stop their opponents without gain...