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...body of the Tiger that deserves recognition. It is not the spontaneous victory march after the game, in which every true Harvard man joined, overjoyed that he had seen a defeat that was a defeat of a major foe. Nor the individual playing of certain members of the backfield and line. All these considering the distressful circumstances which have piled high around Cambridge football in the past four years, were to be expected...
...Donahue, are alternating at the wing back post, while Bob James, who also is a signal caller, is about on a level with John Santosuosso for the left halfback berth. The latter has been out with injuries but will be a serious contender for a place in the backfield with his return to the squad this week...
Dick Harlow was especially anxious to move Wilson to guard as soon as possible because of his down-the-field blocking experience gained in the backfield, not because there has been any marked weakness at left guard. Joe Nee has proven himself in every department of the game and will probably alternate with rather than substitute for Wilson...
...while the Dartmouth threatened to default, as six or seven of its players were on pro, and several others could not be found. One has since been uncovered in the Yale backfield, while a second was discovered in the Orezco murals...
...other words this is the year that Harvard must get its wins because after this year the going looks awfully dark. On the first team there are four juniors and a sophomore. On the second team backfield there is one junior and the rest seniors...