Word: punt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Scoring four times in the first minute of play, the Plympton Street All Stars coasted on their laurels and an empty keg of Pabst Blue Ribbon the rest of the way. The first score, chalked up 30 seconds before the opening whistle, came about after a pass, a punt, a prayer, and a foul ball into the left field stands. Refusing to use his anti-tank division until the opening of a second front, Hesdman Rocknelberry Fenn used three full teams and an umpire in subaning the hapless Hanoverians...
...Crowley, who saw 51 minutes of action against the Harlowmen last fall. Typical of the Green line, he is better on offense than on defense, blocks well, is a fair pass receiver. His partner on the end squad, John Monahan, is a Sophomore who can be called upon to punt if the going gets tough. Long and rangy, Monahan is a good pass receiver, but he hasn't had too much experience...
...game will probably be the big chance for the Freshmen to show their stuff. With the end squad depleted, Dana Dudley is now the second string right flank, and George Boston is also likely to see a good deal of action. Wally Flynn will, of course, go in to punt and then stick around for seasoning . . . Soup Gardiner, no. 2 center, will probably be in longer than he was last week, for Jack Fisher was visibly tired toward the end of the North Carolina contest . . . In the backfield, Jackie Comerford ranks as the Crimson's top passer and has been...
Bill Barnes '43, left end, is one of the two men on the squad to have two football letters. Although he can't punt the way his predecessor Loren MacKinney could, he should fill MacKinney's shoes in almost every other respect...
Swingler was selected, Brown asserted, for his natural ability and for his remarkable team spirit, which has sparked an otherwise mediocre Bruin aggregation to a number of surprising triumphs. Swingler is the same gentleman who cavorted on the gridiron last fall, running back a MacKinney punt for the only Bruin score in that November battle...