Word: passer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard passer, standing only four yards behind the line of scrimmage, completed a teas to a mate on Yale's 41 yard line. The receiver, in trying to lateral, threw the ball forward. This player in turn dashed down the field and was chased out of bounds on the Yale 21 yard line, but the referee in bringing the ball into the field of play put it down on the 16. And not one of the infractions was called...
Dick Lewis, Lowell, and Willard Whitman, Adams, gained the halfback posts. Lewis a strong blocking back, was the tops in line-backing, his 180 pounds aiding materially to give him the stamina to play entire games. Whitman is the outstanding passer, his slants to Bob Akerson an Adams teammate, proving the vital factor in the defeat of Kirkland by the Coasters...
Dunster placed its lone representative in the person of Red Balley to round out the backfield in the fullback post. Bailey, besides being a driving line-bucker, is an excellent kicker. Thus the backfield presents a well-rounded array with a good blocker, an accurate passer, an elusive quarter, and a good linebucker and kicker. CRIMSON ALL-HOUSE FOOTBALL SELECTIONS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Player House Position Player House P. R. Wentworth '39 Kirkland l.e. l.e., H. Daughaday, Jr. Winthrop W. L. Healy, Jr. '41 Dudley, l.t. l.t., E. M. Maisel '40 Adams S. S. Binnian '40 Winthrop...
Both teams began catching each other's aerials, although unable to cling to those thrown by their own passer. Left tackle Ollie Thompson intercepted for Kirkland. Winthrop immediately retaliated, but the half ended with the ball in the Deacons' possession...
Major reason for present-day gate receipts of $75,000,000 during an eight-week college football season is the increasing prevalence of wide-open play, more pronounced this year than ever before. Almost every major college has at least one better-than-average runner, one better-than-average passer. The forward pass, written into the rules in 1906, wandered around as a hit-or-miss side line for a quarter of a century. Now, since it has become the darling of the Rules Committee, the pass has developed into a major technique-classified into spot, crossover, alley, flat aerials...