Word: letterman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shunted off to seats on the bench to make room for a building process for the future, but some of them are apt to break into the lineup in crucial league games if the Sophomores do not come up to expectations. Junior center Homer Peabody is the most valuable letterman, but a pulled knee ligament threatens to keep him out of action for much of the season...
...between Hovey Seymour and Fred Burr. Seymour was the captain and standout player of last year's unusually inferior Freshman team. He has both power and speed, but whether he has the deceptive change of pace of a first class ball-carrier remains to be seen, Burr is a letterman, passes and runs well, but never really got under way last fall...
Hank Wood, a Senior, may turn out to be the surprise package in the form of a fine blocking back. Ineligible last year, he has been converted from the line where he played as a Sophomore. Harold Whiteman, a husky Junior and letterman, completes the regular quartet...
...Brooks, another Junior letterman, whose one-man Maginot Line almost halted Michigan last Fall, seems to be definitely in at one tackle post, but the other remains wide open. Pond is testing three men for this assignment, Seniors George Seabury and Cy Taylor, and Junior Jerry Knapp. So far there has been little to choose between them. Taylor is a veteran letterman, while Knapp was ineligible last Fall after starring on his Freshman team...
...ends Ivy Williamson has plenty of material--none of it more than adequate. Joe Zilly, the only letterman, is a tall rangy Junior, especially adept at snaring passes in the old Kelley manner, and may be developed into a first-class end if he can overcome his weakness on the defense. Brownie Brinkley, another Senior, played well early last season but was forced to drop football. Al Bartholemy, a Sophomore, and Tom Lussen, another Senior, better noted for his pole-vaulting prowess, are due for plenty of active service...