Word: tailbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Captain Torbie Macdonald again participated in a full workout and appeared to be ready for some action against the Army. Spreyer, however, is a certain starter at tailback, and the rest of the backfield is unchanged. Hank Vander Eb and Fran Lee were at A team berths yesterday but only because Bill Coleman and Joe Gardella were not fully recovered from some Princeton bumps and bruises. George Heiden remained at the bucking post...
...Saturday, Coach Harlow has indicated no changes in the starting backfield assignments. Lack of any contact work and almost no conditioning in the past weeks will prevent Macdonald from being as 60 minute player for some time. He will probably see about 15 minutes of action at the tailback post Saturday...
Although Charley's kicking was disappointing, his running and passing were almost sensational, considering that Saturday was his first appearance that Saturday was his first appearance in the tailback berth, and it was Charley's two man block that paved the way for Lee's touchdown...
...ends will be MacKinney and Devine; the tackles, Miller and Healey; the guards, Peabody and Puster; Ayres will be at center. In the backfield will be Spreyer at tailback, and Coleman at quarterback...
...team backfield lined up the same as it did the day before yesterday with Bill Coleman operating at quarter, Charley Spreyer at tailback, Joe Gardella at wingback, and George Heiden in the bucking role. Spreyer continued to throw a large share of the passes, and it begins to look like most of the Crimson hopes when they step into Palmer Stadium on Saturday in defense of their Big Three title rest on his shoulders...