Word: attacke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stunt was reminiscent of a similar incident at New Haven last weekend when a Columbia plane scattered "safe conduct" passes over the Elis guaranteeing them immunity from attack on Manhattan subways...
Coach MacDonald figures this afternoon's game to be somewhat of a repitition of the Army contest in that once again the issue will be whether a slambang type of play will break up the Crimson's short passing attack. West Point, probably the roughest team in the East, failed to do that and the Crimson won, 3 to 2, in overtime...
Sullivan Will Lead Attack...
Kicking was another fearsome part of the Yale attack. To handle the punts Howle Odell produced Jim Fuchs, Jackson's substitute. Fuchs wasn't exactly Levl on the ground, but his kicks, covering over 50 yards every time, hit Columbia where they lived. The last touch was added by placement artist Bill Booe, who with no visible emotion connected with a 25-yard field goal and two extra-points...
Furse was the key of the attack on all fronts. He called his plays like a machine, rolling them out in an endless variety based on a few simple propositions. With himself as the continuous passing threat, Furse could hurl to a flanker, flip a Harmon lateral to the wing or tallback, hand off to Nadherny, or--and this is his most devasting weapon--leap in the air after a count of one or two or three and explode the ball over the center of the line...