Word: passer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boston Redskins, New England representatives in the National Professional Football League, will open their home season, Sunday, at Fenway Park, meeting the New York Giants led by Harry Newman, peerless passer of pro football...
...lone outstanding weakness of the Boston brigade a year ago was its lack of a good forward passer. Coach Dietz has more than made up for this single drawback, however, by signing a sextet of clever forward passers any one of whom appears capable of filling the bill to perfection. Five of these lossers hall from little known institutions but they have revealed already that they will add greater strength to the celebrated Boston offense. The sixth passer is the brilliant Pug Reniner of Northwestern one of the most widely known of modern football players and a great all-round...
...fundamental makeup of his backfield: having rejected Wells as a quarterback the coach tried to get along without a pass expert; now he is experimenting with Wells as a halfback, because the system of using two fast running halfbacks at the same time has proved a failure. A passer is needed...
...minutes and, since Casey worked out with individual assignments, no attention was paid to attempts at a score. Prouty and Litman looked good in this workout and showed promise that they would keep up the good work that they turned in during the Lehigh game. Prouty is a capable passer and a good field general and Litman is the hardest runner of the halfback competitors...
...prevent its clerks from accepting these and other bogus bills, the U. S. Post Office Department last week described a method of detecting counterfeits-a method that every shrewd passer of the "queer" already knew. The method: divide the serial number on every bill (except a national banknote) by six. Compare the remainder with the tiny letter in the lower right corner. If the remainder...