Word: backing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Saturday, and he will probably be ready for contact work tomorrow. The only casualties in the point-a-minute Chicago romp were three minor charley horses for Charley Spreyer, Frannie Lee, and Chub Peabody. All three will be ready for action by tomorrow. Ernie Sargeant, another reported casualty, was back in his regular first-string guard spot yesterday...
Backfield Coach Colwell has had the chief problem, and the solution to date has proved to be the red-beaded flash from Flushing, Don McNicol, whose running Saturday provided the winning margin. But to designate McNicol as the only back on the team seems short-sighted and developments during the week may lead to a shift of wing-back Caleb Loring to the number 4 position...
Waldstein at blocking back has made his way through his prodigious kicking ability. In the scrimmage with the varsity he was holding his own with Spreyer and Macdonald, but it may be that hard-working Ross Whittier will press him for his position. Whittier is a fighter and strong on fundamentals; he runs reasonably well and is hard to get by on the defense. So far he hasn't had a very complete test...
...Battalion after its retreat from Teruel. Of 500 men who had started the battle there were about 100 filthy, unarmed survivors, silent or snarling, lying dead-beat on a hillside. In a week, with new replacements and an issue of old Russian Imperial Army rifles, they had to slog back into the line, still dopey with fatigue. "You fired till the rifle got too hot to handle; then you opened the bolt and blew down the barrel and let it cool, resting your face on your extended arm, waiting. You got so you were afraid to lift your head again...
...Freshman booters journeyed to Exeter only to be turned back 2 to 1 by the Exonians. Cal Calhoun scored the Crimson goal, while Abbott and Palmer scored for the home team...