Word: kelleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yale's right end and captain, Lawrence Morgan Kelley, makes a specialty of catching passes. Last week, in the second period, with the score 7-to-0 on Wilson's touchdown and Humphrey's conversion, he was deprived of one good chance to practice it when Yale's ace passer, Clint Frank, dropping back to throw, was tackled on Harvard's 35-yd. line. On the next play, Frank dropped back again and threw a long pass. Kelley raced down the field but caused the Yale stands to give an incredulous groan by just missing...
...Yale's second touchdown last week had been made by anyone else it would have been surprising. Since Kelley made it, it was nothing of the sort. Kelley performances in football are surprising only when they fail to be. Currently, Kelley is the most famed footballer of the year. This is extraordinary because linemen, even ends, are rarely well-known. The reason most linemen are obscure is that they seldom carry the ball, almost never get a chance to score. Kelley's touchdown against Harvard last week was his 13th in three years...
...long-armed, cocksure Irish youth, reared by modestly well-off parents in Conneaut, Ohio, Kelley entered Yale after a year at Peddie, where he was noted for his skill at basketball. After a season on Yale's freshman football team, its coach Mal Stevens predicted that he would eventually be the greatest pass-catcher in Yale history. By mid-season of his sophomore year, Kelley had fulfilled this prediction. He caught passes, mostly from Yale's Quarterback Jerry Roscoe, for touchdowns against Columbia, Brown, Harvard, Princeton. The last, on a one-hand catch, broke Princeton...
Sportswriters are accustomed to writing mysteriously about clever football players. Kelley's smartness is not mysterious at all. To effect his touchdown against Princeton last fortnight, instead of dodging Princeton's safety man, Jack White, Kelley bowled him over with a swinging straight-arm. Last week, Kelley explained this play. Knowing White was a faster runner than himself, Kelley had reasoned that, even if he dodged successfully, White would catch up with him. The only safe way was the way that looked most risky...
...White's two touchdowns climaxing long marches put Princeton ahead 16-to-0 in the first 20 minutes. Yale came back with one touchdown just before the half. After intermission, Yale ran wild for two more touchdowns, the last on a long pass by Frank to Captain Larry Kelley. Early in the fourth period, Princeton got to Yale's 3-yd. line. Yale held, and its star punter, Dave Colwell, who was operated on for appendicitis a month ago, hurried into the game to kick out. He succeeded but a minute later was knocked unconscious tackling Kaufman...