Word: tailbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dubious honor of sustaining the first scrimmage injury of the football year went yesterday to Bob Jemes, third string Sophomore tailback who hit the limelight by his forward passing in the Army game. James, who ranks under Frank Foley and Austie Harding, suffered a severe bumping as "B" team scrimmaged a combination of "C" and the J. V. 's and was taken to the Infirmary...
Practically all of the Crimson touchdowns were set in motion by some sort of Windy City misdemeanor. Harvard first dented the score column, however, without any such add. It was early in the second period, after Austic Harding had relieved Frank Foley at tailback. First Harding just missed confection on a pass to Torb Macdonald; then with Torb on the tossing side, Harding took the business end himself and dove over the line...
...Crimson to march 75 yards for the first score. On the first play, wingback Torby Macdonald broke through the weak side of the Tiger line for 16 yards, three plays later he romped 30 yards on a wide left end sweep and, after two completed flat passes by tailback Frank Foley, Macdonald fought over left tackle for two yards and a touchdown...
Just a couple of minutes passed and then Smith spun and gave the ball to Harding. Again the perfectly timed blocking, skillful "heads-up" running, and the tailback reversed by the tiring Tiger Mountain, going for 47 yards for another score...
...game, the Crimson team threatened the Indians' goal, as Bill Brown crashed through the Green line for two high yardage gains. Other outstanding players for the Crimson were Gus Soule and Tom Lacey at guards, Bart Kelly and Jim Devine at ends, Louis Harder at center, Art Rowe at tailback and Hurley at wing...