Word: fall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Little had to start all over again this year. All eleven starters from last fall were graduated, and the Columbia Coach has had to build his team around three fairly experienced men. Bob Russell is the quarterback in Columbia's winged T, and while he does not yet have Gene Resides passing ability or genius for calling plays, he runs and throws with competence and is a highly adequate field general...
...view of the general hodge-podge of personnel he drew this year, Little does not expect to show Lion followers a team in the old Columbia tradition this fall. He will "build" for a year or two and the following season he'll field another fine eleven...
Obviously, Little had to start from scratch this fall. He has three fairly experienced players, two backs and an end, who formed the so-called nucleus of the team; from there, Little and his nine assistants have had to experiment with sophomores and varsity holdovers with only a smattering of intercollegiate competition behind them...
...halfback posts are both held by sophomores, Don Kimtis at left half and Vern Wynott at right. Kimtis was the leading freshman ground-gainer last fall and can also pass reasonably well. The 160-pound Wynott was a high school sprint champion. This, incidentally, is an all-Massachusetts backfield quartet. The opposing quarterbacks, Bill Henry and Russell, are both from Worcester, and Henry's brother, Neil, is a spare Lion...
Third on the PBH committee list are the Speakers and Entertainers, who speak and entertain regularly at the settlement houses. Hollowe'en party production is this committee's main fall concern...