Word: swiackis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...center, Chuck Klemovich, who does the placekicking, and Joe Karas at guard, Clyde Hampton at the other tackle, and Adam Rakowski and Bill Lockwood on the ends. All are two year lettermen except Lockwood, who deserted the basketball court to try and fill the shoes of the departed Bill Swiacki this season. Klemovich was the outstanding lineman in the Rutgers fray by virtue of his savage tackling and three conversions. He is an expert at flat on-side kickoffs, while Russell has had phenomenal success in punting out-of-bounds in the coffin corners...
...exciting enough to hold the undistracted attention of all but a handful, down to that last great afternoon against Yale. Today, the team from Morningside Heights will make the crowds forget about the November game of games for a while. Columbia is in excellent shape. The days of Swiacki may be over, but the days of Eisenhower have barely begun, and with a crushing victory over Rutgers already achieved this year, the Lions will enter the coliscum searching for more martyrs...
Only at the ends does Coach Little have real cause for the worries he professes, but here Old Man Graduation really took his toll when he removed Bill Swiacki and Bruce Gehrke from the Light Blue roster. Adam Rakowski is the only experienced end returning, but Lion rooters are waiting patiently for Little to wave the same magic wand he used in beating Army last year and come up with someone else to pull down Rossides' heaves...
Only at the ends does Coach Little have real cause for the worries he professes, but here Old Man Graduation really took his toll when he removed Bill Swiacki and Bruce Genrke from the Light Blue-roster. Adam Rakowski is the only experienced end returning, but Lion rooters are waiting patiently for Little to wave the same magic wand he used in beating Army last year and come up with someone else to pull down Rossides' heaves...
...East, Penn State was the only big team still unbeaten and untied. Their leading candidate for All-America: Steve Suhey, a guard. Another contender: Columbia's End Bill Swiacki...