Word: homers
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...Equal? The U.S. Supreme Court has never spoken directly on the subject of segregation in the public pre-college schools. The decision that has long been used by Southern states as the guide on segregation is Plessy v. Ferguson, a transportation case. It arose on June 7, 1892, when Homer Adolph Plessy bought a ticket on the East Louisiana Railroad, from New Orleans to Covington, La. Plessy, seven-eighths white and one-eighth Negro, took a seat in the white coach on the segregated train. When he refused to move, he was taken off and jailed. The case reached...
Yale guard Dick Polish, Colgate's passing quarterback Dick Lajla, and fullback Homer Smith of Princeton were the only men who faced the Crimson named to the squad. Tackle Jack Shanafelt of Pennsylvania and guard Stan Tsapis of Cornell brought to six the total number of Ivy Group players on the starting all-East team...
Reviewing this football season, it seems almost impossible that Culver didn't receive some kind of mention in the East from the A.P., particularly when Princeton's Homer Smith was voted the top fullback in the East. Now there is a new theory, not one that you read about too often, but a theory, and a good portion of the Yale defensive line adheres to this theory, that Culver is a better fullback than Smith...
Against Caldwell's team, Culver was called on to do the bulk of the rushing since Captain Dick Clasby was unable to play. The big Crimson fullback carried 22 times for a four-yard average, outgunning Homer Smith, whom Caldwell calls "one of the best players I've ever coached...
Culver finished second in rushing to Homer Smith of Princeton, who rang up 563 yards in 135 tries, for a 4.2 average. The Crimson fullback piled up 558 yards in 114 attempts, a 4.9 average. Culver would have won the rushing championship if he could have played another game at this rate...