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Defensively, the whole line was great, though a little ragged on the offense. End Bill Fitz, tackle Ossie Kiever, and backer-up Pete Harwood were cited for their work in halting Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees Trample Dartmouth As Yardlings Tie Exeter 0-0 | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

...Sole backer of the present ticket allotment system was Henry S. Williams '50, serious-minded grandstand quarterback, who said, "A woman's place is in the home, not in the cheering section. When one of them behind me comes out with such remarks as: 'Oh, look! My cute number 60 is limping,' it drives me nuts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Informal Student Poll Shows Disapproval of H.A.A. Ticket System | 10/26/1946 | See Source »

Backfield veterans from former seasons include Ray Ball, Bobby Sullivan, Alex Wizbicki, and Joe McAfee. Ball is a devastating blocking back, a short stubby character weighing more than 200 pounds despite his five-foot-seven-inch stature, reputed as an outstanding blocker and backer-up. Sullivan, fullback of the 1942 eleven which crushed Boston College, 55 to 12, in the famous game that preceded the Cocoanut Grove disaster, shares honors at the bucking spot with Veto Kissel, of last year's Crusader eleven...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/24/1946 | See Source »

...well and closely followed Alamond and School Tie for a quarter of a mile - to his favorite spot near the little stable road. There he stopped being conventional. Bolting towards the outside rail, he dug his four feet into the loam, and neither Arcaro's bat nor his backer's prayers could move him an inch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mahout Takes a Stand | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...Official Backer. In Warrenton, Ore., Mayor F. M. Wilson stepped on the gas, shot backwards into a store, stopped in front of a clerk's desk, turned inquiringly to his fellow passenger, who politely refused His Honor a driver's license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 12, 1946 | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

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