Word: wing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...times slipping back into the sloppy, inexperienced football of its opener, more often playing single wing football of IBM-like precision, the Crimson justified the predictions of optimists who still saw seven games left on the schedule after the Massachusetts defeat...
...fans who come home to Ithaca for the weekend may see a touch of revision in the traditional Jordan single wing. Occasional A formation plays--with the quarterback under center--may be employed as the Crimson attempts to do more passing. In the past, Jordan's teams have taken two power paths towards the goal line--inside tackle and outside tackle...
...this is two-fold. For one thing, Dick Clasby, the All-American tailback of seasons' past, has gone, and for another, two of the Crimson's reserve quarterbacks, Joe Conzelman, and Phil Haughey are good passers. In addition, sophomore tailback Matt Botsford, the deep man in the single wing, throws an accurate pass. Sophomore fullback Tony Gianelly combines with wingback Bob Cowles to supply most of the Harvard running power...
Also attending the session was Dexter Lewis, but Jordan took a look at the wing-back's leg and decided to keep him at half speed until there was more improvement. The rapid progress of John Simourian has helped to make up for Lewis' absence...
...London, six months after it was seen in Manhattan, Salt of the Earth (TIME, March 29) opened to rave reviews in the anti-U.S. and left-wing press. A militantly proletarian film about striking Mexican-American zinc miners in New Mexico (sponsored by the Red-run International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers), Salt even won the measured approval of the staid Times: "American films as a whole proclaim that . . . the American way of life [comes] as near to perfection as is possible . . . There is much value in a minority report . . . Powerful, though perhaps prejudiced, is the case...