Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...matter of fact, the shift which was made in the line-up of the football team yesterday afternoon was neither a revolutionary one nor one that was altogether surprising, except that it strengthened the team--on paper. The Princeton game showed clearly that Bradlee is needed as a defensive back, that Captain Storer does not play end as well as tackle, and the every effort must be made to stir up action in the line. The shift of Hardwick from back to end merely follows out a suggestion from last year's line-up, in which he played offensive...
...Haven, Conn., Monday, November 10, 1913.-Football practice consists of light signal work for three teams. Our men in good condition after Brown game. Knowles practised place-kicking and Guernsey drop-kicking. The line was drilled in defensive tactics against shift formations. First team line-up was the same as that which started the Brown game...
...line, far more serious problems were encountered. One guard and one end seemed particularly weak, but these defects were largely remedied by the shift which placed Storer at the right wing, with Gilman filling the tackle position. The regular line is now intensely powerful on the defence, one through which no team yet played has been able to gain appreciably; on the offence it is not so good, seeming to lack somewhat the fighting punch even when well down in the enemies' territory...
Special attention has this week been paid to developing effective defense for the Princeton style of play, particularly that which resembles the Minnesota shift. Yesterday the University could not be puzzled by the quick changes, but smothered them as rapidly as ordinary formations...
...unique shift was tried in football practice yesterday, when the second team backs were used behind the first team line, and the first string backs behind the second string line. The result of this experimental line-up was that, although scrimmage lasted a full hour, there was no scoring on either side. The regular backfield found the defence of its own line too powerful, and could not gain consistently, once being held for downs on the 1-yard line. The opponents--the team with the first string line--did not even do as well as this, their only chances...