Word: tailbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other changes will be that of Frank Foley at tailback in place of Austie Harding, and Tim Russell at center over Jim Fearon. Foley who flashed as a runner in the Bruin game, will call the plays. Russell, displaced by Fearon earlier this week, earned his pivot post by excellent work yesterday...
Like every other honest young man, the Vag has oftentimes admitted to himself, and, occasionally to others, that he would make a wonderful tailback. Provided, of course, that he could ever muster time enough to get into good condition again and buck up nerve enough to report for practice. It is no secret to the Vag that he probably could tuck that pigskin under his wing and run like hell for a touchdown against most any opposition. And he's a pretty keen fellow when it comes to calling plays, too, for that matter. Mix them up--run, pass, kick...
...starting positions for tomorrow's clash are as good as definite now, although Harlow said yesterday that he will now know about Foley or Harding at tailback or Boston or Wilson at blocking back until game time. In spite of this, the odds are heavily in favor of Harding and Wilson answering the whistle...
Looking further, Torby Macdonald and Cliff Wilson are a cinch at wingback and blocking back respectively. Chief Boston, out of spring, practice due to an appendectomy, cannot possibly push Wilson out yet, at any rate. At tailback Austie Harding holds a windward berth on Frank Foley, one of the heroes of last year's Yale clash, mainly due to the fact that a minor injury has kept Foley out of scrimmage for a week...
...only regular who did not see service was Ken Booth, Harvard's bid for some kind of an "All" tackle and tailback Frank Foley but both are ready for service now. Mose Hallet filled in for him and played like he owned the post. For the scrubs guard Bill Coleman and wingback Ray Jones recently elvated to the "red-shirts," stood out. Jones passed to Win Jameson for the scrubs' lone tally...