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...second team backfield Summers proved his versatility by blossoming forth in the tailback position. At the beginning of the year he was listed as a wingback, and when McNicol was out he served as a fullback. Now, apparently, he is regarded as the man to spell Wilson...
...Bellboy's one man backfield, Johnny Felmouth, did not dress for the first half on account of a slight injury, but since the game was tied up at 0-0, he put on his uniform, and was sent into the fray. The Lowell score came soon after the start of the second half, when, after driving down the field from their own 25 to the Bunny 7, they were thrown back for a ten-yard loss by Bill Barnes, Rabbit linesman, and then held for downs. However, Leverett fumbled a few plays later, and then the Bellboy candidate...
Concerning the forthcoming trouble with Navy, Frank Swirles, who spends his afternoons at Wes Fesler's old job of impersonating the backfield star of the forthcoming opposition, succinctly summed up the Navy's backfield, that is its number one outfit, as terrific...
...tailback is Bill Busik, 185 pounds of treacherous triple threatery, and a potential All-American. The rest of the backfield runs like the wind and blocks like a landslide, according to Swirles, and anyone who saw the Middles' blocking back, Johnny Harrell, flatten Vern Miller in under three minutes last winter will not doubt that there is power to spare there. Harrell lays claim to the intercollegiate Heavyweight wrestling title as a mater of fact...
...only has the power to grind its opponents to bits, but also finesse to run them dizzy. Listen to Lamar's description of the Navy's favorite play: "Everyone lines up and the center snaps, the ball back. Then there is a sort of milling around in the backfield, and the first time you see Busik he is sidestepping the safety...