Word: mercier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dartmouth halfback Russ Smale, and speedy, reminded many in the stands of Columbia's Bob Mercier. Smale, a five-foot-nine, 170 pounder, gained 85 yards in 20 attempts Saturday, most of them by twisting and dodging...
...units partook of a vigorous scrimmage session, with the offensive team running plays against a J.V. defense, and the defensive eleven, still looking to bottle up Columbia passer Mitch Price and his speedy running mate, Bob Mercier, tested itself against a J.V. team using Columbia play variations...
Besides Mitchell Price, acknowledged to be possibly the best passer in the East, the only other Lion offensive threat to draw newspaper notice was halfback Bob Mercier. Because they operate from different styles of offense, it is difficult to make exact comparisons, but Dick Clasby and John Culver may be said to balance off this pair. And that's not counting reserve fullback Jerry Blitz, who showed extremely well against Springfield, and wingback John Ederer, who had not yet hit his stride last Saturday...
...YEARS OF IRISH PROSE (607 pp.)-Edited by Vivian Mercier and David H. Greene-Devin-Adair...
...first-rate writers came along as fast as poteen at a christening: Russell, Synge, Gogarty, O'Casey, Joyce, O'Flaherty. O'Connor, McLaverty. In Part I of 1000 Years of Irish Prose (Part II, covering the first 930 years, will be published next year), Editors Mercier and Greene have made selections that lead like steppingstones through the turbulence of the great times; and almost every step is a literary...