Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Adams came close enough to worry the Commuters in the final frame when, with three minutes to go, Chub Lee, backfield ace, returned a punt 25 yards to the Dudley three yard stripe. At that point the Dudley line stiffened and threw back the Gold Coasters. Bill Healey, star tackle as well as a dependable punter, kicked out of danger, and before Adams could attack again the game was over...
Halperin, star of both Dudley scores, was a backfield in himself throughout the game, and was the outstanding figure in either game of the day. Larry Waterman, Chub Lee, and "Lucky" Alexis, backfield flash, were the stellar players on the Adams team...
Since Coleman's shift to the backfield, Burgy Ayres is apparently the most assured Sophomore of a permanent first team post, at center. Superlatives cannot be affixed to Ayres at the moment. He's only moderately steady in passing to the backfield; he is quite good at blocking; and only so so in backing up the line...
Certainly the problem which most concerns the Blue coaching staff right now lies in the backfield. Not one member of the quartet which started against Harvard last fall is available. Had not Ray Anderson, a Junior, run afoul of scholastic ineligibility the outlook might be brighter. For Pond's chief need is what has come to be known since the invasion of Poland as a blitzkrieg back, and Anderson came near filling the bill in his brilliant appearances against Princeton and Harvard last Fall...
...present the first backfield is largely an unknown quantity, lacking both experience and the climax runner who is a prime essential to Greasy Neale's plan of attack. Running and passing will be divided 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...