Word: quarterbacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Beefy, intense-looking Harrington Gates, the only one of their ten children that a family in Saugus, Mass. could afford to educate well, was Dartmouth quarterback, a hard-hitting blocker trained at Dean Academy by Coach Daniel ("Dirty Dan") Sullivan. Last year Heavenly Gates played on the Dartmouth team all season. Last September, Gates, a senior, did not show up for practice. Football, he told his friends, was commercialized, godless; the players swore too much...
...minutes Howard Jones's U. S. C. boys, led by Quarterback Grenville Landsdell, outsmarted their visitors, smartly scored two touchdowns while preventing the famed ground-gainers from getting even one first down. Then California decided to try an air route to the goal line. It worked. But it was too late. Two minutes later it was all over, 13-to-7. And the statistics told an extraordinary tale: U. S. C. had gained 378 yards to California's 68; 20 first downs to California's two. Snipping California's string of 18 consecutive victories, Southern California...
...fourth quarter, Roy Moore, booted a 50-yard spiral across the Berkeley goal. From the 20, the Mitres, with Lamoreaux passing and running, were unable to gain ground. Foster intercepted on the Mitre 25. On the next play, quarterback Don McSweeney whipped around right end, utilizing a deceptive change of pace, down to the Berkeley 5. This time Foster put the lid on by scoring over center...
...Milwaukee, undefeated Texas Christian, led by amazing young Davey O'Brien, muddled Marquette with the most spectacular air maneuvers of the week. Quarterback O'Brien completed seven passes in a row that paved the way for two touchdowns before retiring to the sidelines at the end of the first quarter. Returning in the last quarter, he threw another pass that scored a third touchdown. He kicked three extra points. Score: Texas Christian 21, Marquette...
...proudest record is that of having umpired 12 Harvard-Yale games in a row. Practically all his superlatives are connected with this ivy tradition. He ranks halfback Eddle Mahan as his greatest of greats but his real favorite, the "most gentlemanly" and "nicest fellow ever," is none other than quarterback Barry Wood...