Word: captain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bill Coleman will undoubtedly get the call at quarterback, but the other three positions are wide open. Captain Torbie Macdonald, Frannie Loe, Joe Gardella, George Heiden, and Charley Spreyer are all equally well at home in more than one backfield assignment. Weather conditions at 1:45 o'clock Saturday may play a big part in determining the starting Crimson ball-carrying quartet...
...Captain James P. Mahoney stated that the search had widened to all sections of Massachusetts, and that neighboring states had been asked to check damaged cars answering descriptions given by witnesses. Police also requested all garages and repair shops to report repairs on fenders or purchases of head-lamp lenses...
...doubtful that all of these things will happen and that a very mediocre Bulldog eleven will transform itself into a great eleven Saturday. But any one of the three may conceivably take place when Captain Macdonald's men find themselves lined up with a Blue team facing them Saturday...
Hammy Daughaday, Winthrop's star left and, gets the post of captain of the squad. Hammy's play was not sensational, but he was responsible in large part for the Puritan record of holding their seven. House opponents to two points while his teammates were scoring 74. A bulwark on defense week after week, his efficient blocking added much to the power of the highly touted Winthrop backfield...
Lowell House contributed both the tackles to the team in the stalwart forms of Dean Morse and Mac Thurston. Morse's chunky 180 pounds and his powerful drive kept him in opposing backfields all through the season, while tall, rangy Thurston, captain of the Bellboys, was responsible for keeping his side of the line effectually plugged...