Word: pass
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Born That Way. When Chappuis fades back to pass, he is a slow-motion study in coolness and concentration. To anxious Michigan rooters, it seems an agonizingly long time before he throws. Crisler, after 25 years of coaching (at Chicago, Minnesota, Princeton and Michigan), places Chappuis on the same lofty pedestal with deadeye Benny Friedman, a Michigan immortal of the 19203. Says Fritz: "You can't get much better than that...
...runner, Chapp is much less shifty than his predecessor Tom Harmon, although last year his combined running and passing (for 1,235 yds.) far outstripped Harmon's best total. He is a heavy-legged, hippy runner along the lines of "Flatfoot Frank" Sinkwich, late of Georgia. He is a superb faker and a hard tackier. But he has one weakness-pass defense-which keeps him on the bench when the enemy has the ball. The way Chapp explains it": "You have to smell where to go on pass defense-and my sniffer's not too good...
That O'Donnell didn't get his mitts on the pass, in fact that Harvard didn't score all afternoon is history now. Bucky Harrison tried a field goal right after the aboye play failed, but the kick was wide and Rutgers took over. They proceeded to prove that they are a 12 o'clock team despite their 9 o'clock name...
During these days, the game was less exciting, though often more eventful, than it is today. The forward pass was strictly for bidden but a number of delicate little methods for gaining ground were looked upon with tolerance...
Like fullback Wally Flynn after the Virginia massacre, Florentino has had one week to forget about Holy Cross pass catching for a new set of duties. With some experience at the middle of the line from Boston College High, Florentino has adapted rapidly to his old job and was sparking plays with his smooth tosses yesterday...