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...other inter-House game, Adams came back with only one day's rest after its 14 to 14 tie against Dunster to rout Winthrop 8 to 0. The Gold Coasters threatened repeatedly, and their line was constantly in the Coasters backfield. Winthrop's pasting attack, which looked good against Eliot, was throttled by Adams's fast charging ends who frequently nailed the passer for big losses...
...Backfield veterans from former seasons include Ray Ball, Bobby Sullivan, Alex Wizbicki, and Joe McAfee. Ball is a devastating blocking back, a short stubby character weighing more than 200 pounds despite his five-foot-seven-inch stature, reputed as an outstanding blocker and backer-up. Sullivan, fullback of the 1942 eleven which crushed Boston College, 55 to 12, in the famous game that preceded the Cocoanut Grove disaster, shares honors at the bucking spot with Veto Kissel, of last year's Crusader eleven...
Captain Cleo O'Donnell was a fulltime practice participant yesterday for the first time since the injury he sustained in the first period of the Tufts game. Cleo alternated with Leo Flynn in the "B" team backfield, but did not scrimmage...
Rated as definite underdogs after last week's 12 to 0 defeat at the hands of Eliot, and having but two substitutes to alternate in a backfield already riddled with injuries, Adams maintained a 14 to 7 lead going into the fourth period but found themselves too exhausted to stem repeated Dunster thrusts at their goal line and had to settle for a draw...
...such operatives as Pete Petrillo, Tom Gannon, Vince Moravec and Leo Flynn in the backfield, and Walt Coulsen, John Fiorentino, Eddie Davis, Howle Houston, Nick Rodis, and Chuck Glynn are on Harlow's third and fourth stringers, the Crimson has been hiding some fairly good ball players...