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Against Princeton, Hickman came up with a short punt formation on which Stuart Tisdale, the quarterback, received the ball directly from center and proceeded to pass. Bob Spears, the fullback, and Ed Senay, the left halfback, gave Tisdale excellent protection and since this formation included a third end as right...
Tisdale is one of five experienced players around whom Hickman has had to build this 1950 team, since graduation cleaned him out of 35 lettermen. This loss represents the entire guard corps, all but one of eight ends, and 11 out of 12 halfbacks. Gone are such men as Jackson...
Spears, a fine line-backers, was hampered by two knee injuries last fall but he underwent an operation in December and appears to be perfectly sound of limb now. He was still able to crack the Princeton defense at the end of the game, after playing both ways all afternoon...
Charley Masters joins Spears as linebacker on defense and together they make a crack pair. Senay and Alan Peters, an experienced defensive player, are the defensive halfbacks, and Bob Parcells, a sophomore, the safety man. Against Princeton, Yale employed virtually 6-2-3 defense, with the halfbacks just a step...
But Yale also has a strong running attack. By the end of the game, Spears, who had been playing both ways all afternoon, could still gain through the first string Princeton defense. The left side of Yale's defensive line seemed weak: Finnegan, the tackle on that side, was being...