Word: studs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that's been in the making for the past four years, since Coach Carl Voyles first came to the Indians' hangout. Fifteen lettermen and a satisfying number of juniors and sophomores have given Voyles an experienced, tough team, that averages 190 lbs. And it boasts two real stars in Stud Johnson at fullback and Garry Ramsey at guard...
Fiercest braves for this Indian tribe are Stud Johnson and Garry Ramsey, rated leading fullback and guard in the South, respectively, Johnson is an All-American prospect who runs like a supercharged steamroller, and has a habit of winning close once with handy field goals. Ramsey is the lauky, canny type of guard that catches onto the enemy signals well enough to beat the snap-back into opposing backfields...
Fullback Harvey "Stud" Johnson was the man that impressed Lamar most, Weighing a piddling 225 pounds, he was the key man in William & Mary's 3 to 0 victory over Dartmouth last year. In fact he had the distinction of making more ground against Dartmouth than all the other W & M backs combined. The "other" W & M backs were no slouches in their own right...
They have the perfect man to head up that kind of attack in Stud Johnson, the galloping pillbox who wound up last year All-Southern Conference. "A player without a weakness," as his coach, Voyles calls him, Johnson is a 210 pounder who runs through, over, or around defense players, and is fast enough to out-distance most of them. His placekicks beat both Dartmouth and Navy...
Died. William James Tatem, Lord Glanely, 74, Welsh shipping tycoon, famed breeder and racer of horses; killed by a German bomb; in a southwest English coast town. He founded one of the world's greatest stud farms, at Exning, once had more horses in training than the Aga Khan and Lord Derby, won more than 500 races. His Grand Parade won the Derby...