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Lowell smashed straight down the field in the final quarter on long gains by Mel Gordon and Joe Lyford, carrying the pigskin to the Eliot three, where Norn Blotner took it over on a line back, riding in on guard Bud Call's back...
...occasionally to others, that he would make a wonderful tailback. Provided, of course, that he could ever muster time enough to get into good condition again and buck up nerve enough to report for practice. It is no secret to the Vag that he probably could tuck that pigskin under his wing and run like hell for a touchdown against most any opposition. And he's a pretty keen fellow when it comes to calling plays, too, for that matter. Mix them up--run, pass, kick, fight for that extra yard--keep the old legs pumping all the time...
Many of the candidates who report to Skip are inexperienced and didn't know the difference between a pigskin and a volley ball. But after a year they seemed to have learned their fundamentals thoroughly and are good material for Dick Harlow the next season...
...these days, for the records only show one injury. "Keys was kicked in the wind, and the game was stopped for a couple of minutes," a contemporary account states. The only other casualty occurred in the third half-hour, when Thompson of Yale fell heavily on the pigskin, which gave up the ghost and exploded. Taking a realistic view of the situation, the referee blew the ball up and tossed...
Highlight of the Winthrop-Lowell tilt came in the second-half. Puritan's fullback Ed Hindle started things with a 70-yard quick kick. Lowell called on Arnie Litt to punt the pigskin out of danger, but the Winthrop line, led by right end Baumgarten and left tackle Cole, broke through and blocked the attempt, with Colo recovering and running 20 yards for the score. A pass for the extra point failed...