Word: nicks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wind and rain blew cold on Soldiers Field Varsity football practice yesterday afternoon, but the squad was running hot. At the end of a soggy but spirited workout which kept the white slippery pigskin whipping through the darkness, Coach Dick Harlow announced that converted tackle Nick Rodis would be acting field captain to call the coin for the Rutgers kickoff tomorrow...
Converted end John Fiorentino filled the center slot during the drill and the lanky former Boston College High center seemed to be regaining his form rapidly. Both Nick Rodis and Howle Foster played the dual positions of guard and tackle...
...there is no real explanation for this fall's rash of injuries. They cannot be blamed on the Virginia game. Nick Rodis was hurt facing Western Maryland; Bob Kennedy, Emil Drvaric, and Stretch Mazzone against Boston University; Howie Houston, Chester Pierce, and Paul Lazzaro in the Holy Cross game; and Don Stone and possibly John Gorczynski against Dartmouth...
...still haunting the team as it goes into its tuneup week for a vastly underrated Rutgers squad. Jim Kenary and Howie Houston will not be ready. John Gorzcynski, who seems to have come up with a Dartmouth injury during the weekend, is a highly questionable starter. Chester Pierce and Nick Rodis, however, are virtually certain to play, though possibly not in starting roles...
Newly elected captain Nick Callahan and John Kristopick will make their initial bids as starting tackles. "We were moving right along when they were in there against Dartmouth," Coach Lamer said yesterday, explaining the change...