Word: verne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the exception of these three positions, Harlow is temporarily not on his Hueups. Pete Elner's chances of breaking into the starting lineup recorded after the coaching staff had noted in the movies of Saturday's game that Vern Miller had played dependable and at times spectacular ball against Bates...
Well, you just have to look at Vern Miller to see a good share of the reason why he rates a first team tackle berth. Vern's 250 pounds are far from all fat. While Vern may still have a few tricks and intricacies of the game to learn, his size and surprising speed will give considerable consternation to opposing linemen...
...comes the other starting Sophomore back, Charley Spreyer. Unlike Lee in temperament, Spreyer seems easy-going on the field; but somehow he's always there. He's the Larry Kelley type of "clutch" player, without Kelley's objectionable trimmings. At fullback he won't spin and run like Vern Struck, but he'll kick like George Roberts...
There were no other changes in the A team yesterday, although Moses Hallett substituted for the absent Healey at right tackle. Vern Miller was at the other tackle; Lowry and Ernie Sargeant, guards; Burgy Ayres, center; Bill Coleman, quarterback; Torbie Macdonald and Joe Gardella, halfbacks; and Charley Spreyer, fullback...
Seasoned, but not certainties, Healey and Hallett rank first as tackles, but will have an increasingly difficult job holding their berths as two Sophomores, Vern Miller and Tom Gardiner, develop with experience. Weakness at ends places even greater responsibility on the tackles, always a key position...