Word: runners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...FITZGERALD, ex-Notre Dame gridder who at 170 pounds is the lightest regular on the, Eli squad, scored three touchdowns against the Crimson last year. He is a deceptively smooth runner whose passing ability is only excelled by that of Furse...
LEVI JACKSON, properly named by sports printers, "The Ebony Express," is Eli's vaunted breakaway runner. Having more speed and power than that other famous Elm City boy, Albie Booth, the freshman speedster has showed his heels to every Yale opponent this fall...
VANDY KIRK, 178-pound right half back, is reportedly the most polished Yale runner. This is substantiated by his record last fall, when he averaged 6.4 yards from scrimmage for the season...
CAPTAIN CLEO O'DONNELL, left halfback, who makes up for his slight 150 pounds with sheer drive and know-how, was elected captain in 1943 but left for service before he could play in that capacity. The always shifty runner returned this fall to be re-elected to the same post. With an uncanny ability to size up enemy plays before they get under way, he is, in spite of his five-foot eight-inch stature, one of the best pass defenders on the Crimson squad...
...vacancy that may arise between elections will be filled by the runner-up in the election that had filled the place in question, a procedure made easy by proportional representation...