Word: balled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...football season of 1927 went into the intensive training stage and some few teams heard the whistle of their opening games. Falling on the Ball. Thousands of boys and young men scowled blackly and flung themselves upon one another. Also, they flung them selves at footballs bouncing on the turf, and lost their tempers. The time-honored opening exercise of football practice (falling on the ball) vexed them...
...four quarter backs, Coach Arnold Horween '20 has ten backfield men at his disposal this year. All of them are fast, most of them are tough, the kind of backs which can stand a lot of hammering, and more than half of them are competent kickers as well as ball carriers. J. P. Crosby '28, A. E. French '29, and David Guarnaccia '29 are the only members of this backfield squad who have had previous University experience, but, in the opinion of this writer at least, they will find themselves hard pressed to hold down their positions by some...
Guarnaccia rose suddenly to first team rank last year because of his great speed and weight and his accurate passing. As yet a relatively inexperienced player, he possesses possibilities for much development. As a ball carrier he is strongly reminiscent of A. H. Miller '27, former University sprinter and full back. With almost Miller's speed, Guarnaccia is lighter and better able to vary his pace than his predecessor, and more dangerous to opposing teams because of his passing ability...
...vindicated the shift by earning an undisputed berth in the team A backfield. With Moore and French, Burns ranks first among the University punters, and is also a drop and place kicker of merit. He is rugged in build a fast runner, and gives promise of being an effective ball carrier...
...scrubs for more than a third of the 60 minute scrimmage, the first combination showed that it had already reached a high stage of coordination and smoothness. In the seven plays following the opening kickoff, the first team, with J. P. Crosby '28 and David Guarnaccia '29 carrying the ball, marched 85 yards to score the only touchdown of the afternoon. Once more the first string backs, following their interference through the holes opened in the scrub line, carried the ball down within striking distance of the goal line. This time, however, the ball was lost to the scrubs...