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...first three of the nine annual Spring competitions held yesterday for the members of the spring football squad on the Business School Field, A. W. Huguley '31, fullback of last season's backfield, completely walked away with the honors. Not only was he the only one to place in more than one event but he won one competition and placed second in the other...
Huguley won the lateral passing contest beating out F. J. Gilligan '32, Freshman backfield star, and T. F. Mason '30 who played halfback on the squad last fall. In the punting contest it was expected that Huguley would win handily because of the fine kicking he has done so far this Spring but R. F. Gleason '32 outdistanced him to win the laurels in this event. M. J. Finlayson '32 placed third...
Coach E. L. Casey '19 had general charge of the backfield men and was assisted by A. E. French '29, captain of the 1928 team, who was out helping some of the men familiarize themselves with the lateral pass. Frank Shaughnessy is also coming later in the season to help with the lateral pass...
...Harper '30 was the only backfield letter man present yesterday, but Arthur Huguley '31 and E. T. Putnam ocC are both expected in a few days. Baseball has claimed the attention of T. W. Gilligan '31 and S. L. Batchelder '31, two promising Sophomores on the squad last fall so that they will not be out for spring practice. Several Freshman candidates who made their numerals on the first-year team this year were also in uniform...
...eleventh hour addition to the staff of coaches which is to help Arnold Horween '21 during the spring practice session, it was learned yesterday from W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics. Shaughnessy will arrive from Canada in a few days and will assist Horween in developing backfield material to succeed Captain A. E. French '29 and David Guarnaccia '29, lateral pass experts of the 1928 gridiron machine...