Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Latest arrival on the rapidly mounting Crimson injury list is none other than tailback Charley Spreyer, who turned up with a slightly lame right leg this morning. With Macdonald definitely out of the entire fray and Spreyer unable to play a full 60 minutes, Coach Harlow has a serious tailback problem on his hands. Bob James, skilled passer, will probably step into the feature role when Spreyer needs relief...
Mose Hallett took part in all of the work, but he is still a doubtful participant against the Cadets. Joe Koufman jogged, but is almost definitely out of the fray. However, in Loren MacKinney, Jim Devine, and Gene Lovett the team has three good flankmen. Lovett and Devine are currently fighting it out for the starting right end berth. Chub Peabody and Don Lowry are also rated about even at left guard...
...smug reminders of the fray...
Most serious of the Green casualties is Jackie Orr, tough-fibred little half-back. If Orr is unfit for service, Blaik has but three good halfbacks to shoot into the fray--Hutchinson, Hayden, and Arico. In addition, if Krieger is drafted into backfield duty, the flank squad is left very thin. Whit Miller is the only veteran, and he may not be good for 60 minutes of play. Nissen and Kelley are the other wing operatives...
...Representative of the 249,589 inhabitants of Orange, Putnam and Dutchess counties in New York. To onetime Tackle Ham Fish, who represents in Harvard football history what the late Big Bill Edwards did in Princeton's, the day is lost that brings no new scrimmage, no fresh fray into which he can charge with windmilling arms, roof-raising voice and not-quite legal logic...