Word: runner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Major reason for present-day gate receipts of $75,000,000 during an eight-week college football season is the increasing prevalence of wide-open play, more pronounced this year than ever before. Almost every major college has at least one better-than-average runner, one better-than-average passer. The forward pass, written into the rules in 1906, wandered around as a hit-or-miss side line for a quarter of a century. Now, since it has become the darling of the Rules Committee, the pass has developed into a major technique-classified into spot, crossover, alley, flat aerials...
Standouts of the game, the hardest fought to date, were guard Dave Gray and backs Jack McClure and Roy Moore for the Deacons, and Mcl Gordon for Lowell. Gordon not only was the best runner on the field, but his blocking and tackling were superb...
...Crimson line, with guards Dick Row and Endy Peabody pulling out, blocked beautifully, while occasionally tackle Tom Gardener would also come around to clear out the hole. On off-tackle smashes, usually with Spreyer carrying, the Yardlings were piling three men ahead of the runner as interference. Ted Lyman, blocking back, did a superlative job on cleaning out the Blue backers...
...Memphis World (Negro daily) completed its poll to elect the "Mayor of Beale Street." Winner: Matthew Thornton, mail carrier, with 12,000 out of 33,000 votes cast. Runner-up: Eddie Hayes, undertaker, 9,000. Salary: none. Duties: greeting distinguished visitors to "the street where the blues began...
...last year's Yardling backfield, Gardella showed Saturday against Cornell that he was the top-ranking Crimson defensive back. He has been out of three days practice this week with a cold but returned yesterday to try out his new wing position. A shifty, hard-driver runner, he is slated to give Torby Macdonald more competition than the "Flash" has encountered...