Word: mate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gangling sophomors, this 6 foot 2 battering ram has been tearing up nice green gridirons. He's the right kind of guard to follow the Harlow-hidden ball today, and if he does, Crimson backs will be the losers. Doc Holloway is his running mate, and not far behind...
Another 6-3 giant, Chilcott, will provide the bulk on the left side of the line; his running mate, Ralph Kovanda, packs 191 pounds in his five feet, eight inches...
Almost lost in the rush of symbolic "firsts" was studious, bespectacled, 56-year-old Hugh Mulzac. In 1907 he was an ordinary seaman in full-rigged British ships. He climbed to able seaman, boatswain, quartermaster, became a U.S. citizen and got his second mate's papers in 1918. Within two years he had the only U.S. master's certificate ever issued a Negro, a double-riveted whole-hog "any ocean, any tonnage" ticket. Still going up, he got a command: the British registry Yarmouth in the West Indies-Central America trade. Not much of a ship, perhaps...
Captain Mary Bass and Hal Fields are big, tough tackles with the savvy that comes of long experience. Both are headed for starring roles. Together with Ramsey, his running mate, Doc Holloway, and Tex Warrington at center, they'll make the middle of the line one of the most solid that will face the Crimson all year...
Mort Shiekman, another player with two years of experience, is top guard on the squad. Big and smart, he'll be around in great measure on Saturday. His running mate, Ed Grain, hasn't had too much experience. Among the reserves at this post is undefeated Penn wrestler Dick De Battista, whose ruggedness needs no formal introduction...