Word: halfback
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...Crimson, paced by the running, passing, and receiving of halfback Chet Boulris, had raced to a 16-0 lead early in the second half. But Cornell slowly battled back. The Big Red tallied for the first time in the third quarter after an interference penalty gave them the ball deep in Harvard territory. The visitors scored again midway in the fourth period, on a 26-yard pass from McKelvey to Taylor after Crimson quarterback Charlie Ravenel had fumbled. Still, Cornell had failed on both its extra point attempts, and the varsity's 16-12 margin seemed safe enough. However...
Veteran spectators who watched Cornell pull out a last-gasp triumph over the varsity last Saturday may have recalled another game with a similar unhappy ending -- the Columbia contest of 1956. In that game little Claude Benham tossed a 69-yard scoring pass to halfback Ed Spraker with less than three minutes remaining and gave Columbia a 26-20 victory...
...pass from his own 31 to the Harvard 33. Since everyone in New York's Baker Field was expecting a pass, Crimson safety man Matt Botsford was in position to deflect the ball. Deflect it he did--right into the hands of Spraker on the 25--and the Lion halfback covered the last 25 yards without a hand laid...
Williams' coach, Clarence Chafee, usually a close-mouthed sort, allowed earlier this fall that his squad was "one of the best in years." This can only mean that the Ephs are loaded. Their halfback line, led by Ben Field and Jim Fox, returns intact from last season, and all the Ephmen are big, rough operatives who play a hard-running, straight-ahead type of game...
Marsh McCall was the outstanding halfback on the field Saturday, and he should contribute heavily to the Crimson cause this afternoon from his left half position. Bill Rapp and Charlie Steele are the other two-thirds of a halfback line that should be the equal of anything Williams can produce...