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Assistant Coaches: Rae Crowther, line; Howard Odell, backfield; J. Neil Stahley, field; Wesley E. Fesler...
Assistant Coaches: Arthur Johnson, line; James W. Dunn, Backfield...
Assistant Coaches: Joseph M. Hill, line; Emile Dubiol '37, end; George Blackwood '37, backfield...
...good deal more difficult to narrow the backfield down to two likely possibilities for each position. It now looks as though Vernon Struck will be the first string bucker, with Bill Watt as an able alternative. Kicking and passing may earn George Roberts a starting place in the backfield, as may the running of Phil Brooks. "Chief" Boston and Clif Wilson, both Sophomores, the latter captaining his Freshman team, are waging one of the closest battles of the squad for honors at blocking back. Although Wilson has generally played with the A eleven, Boston has done some spectacular defensive work...
...George Blackwood and ex-captain Emile Dubiel who will be ineligible this year because of scholastic difficulties. Both were Yale starters, and gave promlise of becoming mainstays of the 1936 machine. Their services will not be entirely lost to Harvard football, however, as Blackwood will coach the freshman backfield and Dubiel will be mentor to the Yardling ends. Both will serve without compensation...