Word: ruth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Davidson was by no means stunned, nor were the Wildcats out of the game until Ederer scored the Crimson's fourth touchdown at three minutes of the final quarter. Working alternately from a T-formation and a single wing, quarterback Jack Ruth and halfbacks Gray, Henry Brown, and Jimmy Thacker took advantage of some breaks and kept the offense moving...
...serious shortcomings have hampered the squad: lack of depth and lack of experience. For two years, Davidson has had only one man who can handle the quarterback position--senior Jack Ruth. The dearth of pass-receivers is so acute that a tackle, Gene Pierce, has been converted to a right...
Probable LineupsHARVARD DAVIDSONCrowley (180) le Kelley (180)Nichols (216) lt Craig (195)Pappas (201) lg Davis, D. (175)Lemay (192) c Perkins (190)Manos (200) rg Davis, G. (175)Stargel (202) rt Tucker (190)Cochran (190) re Pierce (200)O'Neil (190) or Marsh (175) qb Ruth (170)Clasby (180) lh Thacker (165)Ederer (190) rh White (180)Culver (215) or Blitz (185) fb Fargason...
Senior Jack Ruth at quarterback is probably the key man in Davidson's tricky offense. Last season, he handled the entire burden of directing the T-formation-Notre Dame box offense, missing only one contest because of an injured ankle. But the Wildcats do not have a capable second-string quarterback...
...passer, Ruth completed 50 out of 122 tries in 1951, for 616 yards and three tallies. But on the ground, he is something less than a menace. In 46 attempts, he netted minus 99 yards, for an average of minus 2.1 yards...