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...frequently. The center question is uncertain at the present, due to a bad leg injury to Ed Ready, who has been holding down the A team pivot position. His place may be taken by either Jack McNeil or Art Lyman, who has been switched around from center to the backfield and back again...
Before coming to Cambridge, where he is studying at the Business School in addition to holping Skip Stahley as Freshman backfield and kicking coach, Colwell earned three letters on Yale football elevens as one of the best kicking fullbacks in the school's history...
While cautious to avoid any reflections on either University, Colwell was enthusiastic about his job and the staff here. Speaking on the Harlow system as one has had experience opposing it, he said that the Crimson offense was the hardest of any he had faced as a backfield...
...Freshmen, Colwell was uninformed, but was obviously disheartened at the Blue Varsity's defeat by Columbia. "You can't lose four men from your backfield and one of the best centers in the east and look good in the opening game. But they'll make trouble for somebody this season," he added...
...outlook against Cornell, all-American end Brud Holland et al, is rather glum. It is glum enough to realize that they soundly whipped a really topnotch Colgate team, glummer still when you realize that Cornell will outweigh Harvard 21 pounds to a man in the backfield. Still, Harvard is a better underdog than top-dog; that has been proved often...