Word: halfback
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...Champion the Crimson was not on Friday, though there were many encouraging developments. Sophomore Wally Grant, who now seems certain to start this Saturday, gained 101 yards in 9 carries from halfback. The figures will give both opposing coaches and junior Tom Bilodeau, now recovering from a pre-season injury, much to think about. Dave Poe, another sophomore back, flashed brilliant at times, also...
Mass likes to send speedy halfback Fred Lewis around the end, and if he makes it past the first line of defense, Yovicsin warns, "he's gone." Bob Meers, an end himself, gave Maine considerable headaches with his habit of slipping behind the defense to catch passes from the accurate arm of quarterback Jerry Welchel...
...Patriots do not rely exclusively on their passing game; their Larry Garron is a tough runner, who was averaging over four yards a carry going into today's game. Behind him the team has Jim Crawford, a powerful halfback, and Billy Lott, a fine runner who can also catch a pass from time to time. He caught one today for 55 yards and the Patriots' first touchdown after a masterful fake by Parilli had drawn the Oakland defense (and the TV camera...
...anything, public worship of the handsome halfback is more fervent in disgrace than in glory. When Hornung was introduced during a recent Packers-New York Giant exhibition game in Green Bay, 42,327 forgiving fans stood up and cheered themselves hoarse. When Hornung turned up at a St. Petersburg, Fla., high school, the principal dismissed classes for a special assembly (Hornung's advice to the youngsters: "Don't bet"). The morning mail "is running maybe 99% in my favor," he blushes...
Died. William Martin ("Willie") Heston, 85, oldtime grid star at the University of Michigan, a halfback who scored 92 touchdowns from 1901 to 1904, led the unbeaten Wolverines to 42 victories, and in the days when Harvard and Yale ruled the roost, became the first non-Ivy Leaguer to make All-America; of kidney disease; in Traverse City, Mich...