Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Houston's line play was called "magnificent" by Coach Harlow when the team defeated Boston University by 19 to 14 on October 4, and the left tackle was subsequently suggested as a contender for an all-American berth by several sportswriters.
In the East, Penn State was the only big team still unbeaten and untied. Their leading candidate for All-America: Steve Suhey, a guard. Another contender: Columbia's End Bill Swiacki.
The Ohio Presidential contender hastened to add that he "hadn't seen anything particularly wrong with the publicity" attending the Thomas Committee's sessions.
They will be supplemented by returnees Ted Bullard, John Ager, and Vincent Brant, the latter a strong contender for the number one slot, as well as last year's Freshman aces Hillard Hughes, Greer Nicholl, and jack Frey.
Although Cornell, Princeton, and Yale still are loaded with some of the top talent in the East, the Crimson has gather enough momentum and talent in the past year to make it a far stronger contender in the coming season than last spring's showing would lead one to believe...