Word: shifted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Backfield Shift Likely...
...next, will undoubtedly be devoted to developing and perfecting the much-needed aerial attack. It has been rumored that a shakeup in the backfield combination will be one of the first steps in this direction and this afternoon's practice session should undoubtedly reveal the nature of this shift. It seems likely that T.W. Gilligan '31, and S.C. Batchelder '31, first string backfield substitutes, will feature in the change. Both of these men have shown ability in throwing and receiving passes and are rated as the two leading passers on the squad. In the Lehigh encounter, Gilligan made several accurate...
...Shift their loads a little, letting fall a feather of snow
When Publisher Hearst was a Democrat, Cartoonist Powers invented his famed figure, the "Interests." It was his pen also which identified the late Marcus Alonzo Hanna with the dollarsign. This year the "Interests" have been cleverly brought back to suit the shift in Hearst politics and, between them, the Messrs. Powers and Brisbane have personified the present-day Democracy as a female donkey called "Diamond Lil." They took the name from a play by much-arrested Actress Mae West?a play about a clever, jewel-laden harlot. They have pictured "Diamond Lil" ogling the farmer, sweltering in a Tammany furpiece...
...Connell '29 was promoted to an end berth on Team A, and it seems likely that this change may be permanent. So far this year, he has been tried out at center and guard, but not with much success. O'Connell's stead rise since his shift to the end squad would seem to point to his holding down one of the wing posts during the fall campaign. During the workout, special emphasis was placed on the aerial attack, short as well as long passes being used...