Word: halfbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spectacular Pittsburgh Pirates, headed by Warren Heller, U. of Pitt's All-American halfback and the latest sensation of the National Football League, will be the next opponents of the Boston Redskins who were nosed out in their initial home game at Fenway Park by the individual brilliance of Harry Newman of the New York Giants...
Lone Star Dietz has shaken up his first team lineup for the coming tussle with several of his erstwhile regulars being relegates to reserve roles. Cliff Battles, great ground-gaining halfback, Hank McPhail, fullback, and Pete Bausch, center, are the only regulars who are certain to answer the opening whistle against the pirates. Steve Hokuf, the crackerjack quarterback from Nebraska, who has been laid up with injuries, will be back in the starting backfield. Gail O'Brien, Steve Sinko, Marne Intrieri, Flavio Tosi and Ernie Concannon, who played bangup football when sent into the fray, are almost certain...
...Redskins' scintillants, Cliff Battles, ace ballcarrier of the league and star of the Brooklyn game; Erny Pinckert, former So. California captain and halfback; Pug Rentner of Northwestern; Ted Wright of Texas Teachers, who led the nation in scoring two years ago; Turk Edwards, All-Professional tackle; Hank McPhail, 230-pound fullback from Army, and Big Ben Boswell, 245-pound tackle from Texas Christian, will make their first appearance of the year on the Fenway sward...
While on the subject of football, it's a wonder that some kindhearted H.A.A. official wouldn't contribute about two feet of elastic for the legs of Eddie Casey's pants. He never rolls them up and he certainly looks like pictures of a star halfback...
These doings focused attention on Iowa's Coach Rolland ("Rollie") Williams who inherited the job of Sam Barry, now coach of Southern California. At Wisconsin Williams was a nine-letter winner, a fearless halfback, a member of the 1923 basketball team which some enthusiasts still rate the best of all time. Expert on defense, he scored a goal so rarely that, when he did, his teammates would double up with laughter. When "Rollie" Williams went to Iowa as assistant, he sorely upset Wisconsin's famed eccentric coach, Dr. Walter E. ("Little Doctor") Meanwell. Dr. Meanwell always suspected Iowa...