Word: passer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...John F. ("Jafsie") Condon, eccentric Bronx schoolmaster and ransom-passer in the Lindbergh case, wrote a letter to the New York Times nominating a friend for New York State Boxing Commissioner: "He knows every angle of the game. . . . My opinion is based upon a long and intimate acquaintance. . . . The man to whom I refer is Mr. John Harrison Dempsey, called by the sporting fraternity by the familiar name of Jack Dempsey." Added the Times's editor: "All right, Doctor, but the name is William Harrison Dempsey." Restaurateur Dempsey was on his way to Miami, to lend his name...
...replacements, Cooke, a youngster and Ingram's first understudy, is likely to draw attention. A sharp-shooting passer, he promises to develop into a triple-threat. Ned Thomas and Charley Reimann, who started against the Irish in place of Ingram and Schmidt, both use their speed to advantage and Fay Wilsie is a first-class bucking and blocking back. In the line Gunderson and Janney at guard, Hessel at tackle, and Emrich and Bringle, ends, should see a good deal of action...
Marquette's Ray Buivid, hailed as the ablest passer in the U. S., failed to shine as such in a night game against St. Mary's. His long throw to Higgins brought one touchdown but he ran for the two others that gave Marquette's "Golden Avalanche" Rose Bowl stature...
Fraser Curtis was imported from the Yardling field to throw passes, impersonating left-handed Pete Nistad, Cavalier sharp-shooter who pitched two touchdowns against Navy, Curtis is the only southpaw passer on both Varsity and Freshman squads...
...State University if a New Haven office boy had not made a mistake. Since the invitation cannot be rescinded, Yale's press agent (Eddie Nugent) pounds out enthusiastic copy. Texas Coach Slug Winters (Jack Haley) is enthusiastic, too, until his tough wife Bessie (Patsy Kelly) fractures his star passer's leg. In time's nick Slug fills the gap with a barefoot Texas melon-grower named Amos (Stuart Erwin) who can toss a cantaloupe incredible distances, learns to do even better with a football. Despite the intervention of a blizzard, the charms of Arline Judge...