Word: half-back
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...Buckler who has the opposition baffled. He has turned into a rip-snorting, tearing, slippery half-back, not content with his power on the run, but also must be able to pass at full speed. It is this last ability that has amazed the critics and should be one of the highlights today. Harvard's pass defence has improved fast in the Dartmouth and Leigh games, or rather, the latter teams have been unable to complete passes. Shoat was a dominating factor in hurrying the passers, and his absence will be keenly felt. He has a capable successor in White...
Richard C. Johnson '36, potential number one substitute in the Sophomore half-back line, has switched to fall track...
With Jack Grady in condition to hold down his berth at left half-back against Army Saturday, and the announcement that the entire Varsity squad with the exception of Hallowell and Casale will report on Soldiers Field this afternoon, hopes in the Crimson football camp were bolstered slightly last night. Grady has seen practically no pre-game service this year and his presence among Coach Casey's cohorts should prove heartening...
...first time in five years. Coach McLaughry of the Bruins has the best team in sight since the famous Brown "Iron Men" of 1926. The starting eleven against the Crimson averages about 185 pounds, thus conceding Harvard little in the way of tonnage. Bob Chase, 162-pound left half-back, is the man around whom practically the whole Bruin attack, both passing and running, is built; and so far he and his teammates have maintained an undefeated record...
...first play Crickard fumbled on his own 25-yard line. Yale recovered the ball on Harvard's 25-yard line. Crowley failed to gain. On the next play the brilliant Yale right half-back did better, gaining 10 yards for a first down on Harvard's 15-yard line. A play by Lassiter planted the ball with 10 yards to go for a touchdown. Lassiter again carried, gaining about a yard...