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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When Stecker failed to kick goal after Army's first touchdown against Notre Dame, he had reason to be worried. Army lost to Notre Dame by one point last year, lost to Harvard the same way this year. In the last quarter, Stecker missed another kick for point after touchdown but this one mattered less. He had just run 68 yd. for Army's second touchdown which made the final score 12 to 0. Only once since 1917 has a Notre Dame team lost two games in succession. Bewildered, Notre Dame's Coach Heartley W. ("Hunk") Anderson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Dec. 7, 1931 | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

...which was not often. But Navy's Captain Blimp Bowstrom was punting perfectly and the big Navy line always held when it had to. For three periods both teams played hard, tense, defensive football. Then came a play on which Navy overshifted a little, and Army Halfback Ray Stecker cut over to the short side with pretty interference and was free. As he passed the line oi scrimmage he fooled the Navy right halfback and the safety man by swerving.sharply to his left as they came in from the wrong side; then he skipped 56 yards down the south...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 22, 1930 | 12/22/1930 | See Source »

...anyone except Notre Dame, was outrushed by Carnegie Tech but held time & again, to win 7 to 6 after Right Tackle Tully had blocked the try-for-point that would have tied. In Manhattan, Army's beautifully timed interference cut down Illinois tacklers like a mowing machine and Ray Stecker ran behind the blades of the machine for two touchdowns. Army 13, Illinois o. Ranking next to Pittsburgh, since they showed better against Yale than Army did, although both games were ties, Dart mouth had a 43 to 14 warmup against little Allegheny. Colgate's Fullback Macaluso, All-American prospect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Mid-Season | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...summary: HARVARD ARMY Wenner, l.f. r.f., Krueger, Mansfield Mahady, Baskervill, r.f. l.f., Hutchinson, Stecker Pierce, Burns, c. c., Strother Nido. l.f. r.g., Malloy, Wood Burns, Rex, r.g. l.g., Abell, Messinger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMY QUINTET IS UPSET BY HARVARD | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

Score Harvard 30, Army 25. Goals--Wenner 5, Strother 4, Mahady 2, Nido 2, Hutchinson 2, Krueger 2, Burns, Wood, Stecker. Fouls--Burns 3, Wenner 2, Pierce 2. Nido 2, Hutchinson 2, Mahady, Malloy, Strother, Stecker. Referee--Kelleher. Umpire--Hoyt. Time--Two 20-minute periods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMY QUINTET IS UPSET BY HARVARD | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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