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Keen competition for the blocking back berth continues, as "Skip" Stahley is working with about a dozen potential touchdown trail blazers. Due to a slight knee injury suffered by Johnny Nesmith, a likely line-bucker, Mal McTernan has been shifted from Stahley's group where he spent the first two days of practice, and is now reenforcing the ranks of ball carriers...
Although only four starters in last year's Yale clash--Bob Jones at center, Captain Jim Gaffney and Joe Nee at guards, and line-bucker Vernon Struck--have returned, Coach Harlow felt it a jubilant mood. "I feel greatly encouraged by the marvelous spirit of the boys," he said, "and their determination and willingness to pay the price exacted by a tough season. If this is any indication, these boys will turn in great deal better performances this year...
...Mexican border. Young Lee soon found out what it was all about. When his father and mother quarreled, Lee ran away. He joined some Ute Indians, learned all about horses and cattle, became their No. 1 broncobuster. Says Buster Sage: no man should stay too long on a bucker; 20 seconds is plenty. Once he stayed 30, and was sick and dizzy afterwards; when he stayed three minutes, he had to be carried off, bleeding from the nose and mouth...
...seems that the [City] Council could have adopted a title suggesting some degree of dignity, if not culture.' I then signed the ordinance but oldtime Seattlites wondered what I would have done with documents giving other campworkers their vernacular titles, such as 'chokerman,' 'bucker,' 'king rider,' 'faller,' 'hocker,' 'teeter,' 'punk...
...Orange and Black eleven, with Gilligan and the brilliant Stagle at the halfback positions, Dignan, like the halfbacks, a veteran, will do the line plunging from fullback. Coach Roper also has a complete reserve backfield on hand, composed of Bridges, Chandler, Ewing, and Prendergast. Bridges was star line bucker on the freshman team last fall and Ewing is Princeton's sharpshooting drop-kicker...