Word: runners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After last week's triumph over Yale and Princeton, the Crimson hopes to do well, but will be up against stiff opposition. Dartmouth, which beat Harvard two Fridays ago, is favored to repeat their victory of last year. The Big Green's feature runner is Don Burnham, last year's winner. The team also includes John Watkins, an outstanding Sophomore, who tied for first with Burnham against Harvard, and Captain Bob Williams, who finished second in last year's heptagonal...
...record so far this season is on a plane with his performance yesterday, and is not confined to passing. He is one of the East's top ranking distance punters, as well as a hard and dangerous runner. Now in his Senior year, the Tiger right halfback is finally living up to the promise he showed as a Freshman...
...tailback slot, on the other side of the Harlow-like modified T, Wieman has Bob Sandbach, a Junior who also doubles at the bucking spot. In addition to being a clever runner, Sandbach is also a definite scoring threat as a place-kicker...
...blow to the Adams squad was the injury of "Mac" McCoubrey, fast back, in the first play of the game. With their star runner out, the Adams offense never really materialized. Defensively Dick Manegold and Bill Rand held back the big Bunnie line time after time, but they could not avert a final score...
...McCoubrey former star 100-yards dash runner at Exeter, kept the Kirkland defense busy all afternoon with his express-train end runs. Finally, in the third quarter, he did what he had been threatening to do in the first half when he got away for a long end sprint behind the devastating blocking of former jayvee Dick Manegold and Dan Needham, going all the way for a touchdown...