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Last week, for the first time in 29 years, Yale played Columbia again under different conditions. Opening his season against last year's Rose Bowl Champions was a trying test for Yale's new coach, "Ducky" Pond. Instead of Harold Weekes, Columbia's backfield threat was a swarthy fat-jowled Austrian, Al Barabas. The thing about last week's game which reminded oldsters of Harold Weekes was Barabas' run in the first period?70 yd. to a touch down that counted six points.* Playing hard, evenly matched football on a slippery field, both teams scored in the second half...
...playing his end position as of old. Ball is the best pass-receiver on the squad and is poison down the field under punts. Babe Summerfield, lightweight veteran, or Ed Taft, the Georgia Peach, who has been making a sensational bid for starting honors since his conversion from the backfield, will hold down the other...
Dynamic little "Mickey" O'Reilly will call the plays to a backfield of Captain Bill Karaban, one of the best triple-threat backs in the East, Perry Elrod, and either Norm Appleyard, Lea Beatty, or Guy Burt in the blocking post. Harry Spinney, the fastest man in the squad, will be ready to step into the Bruin backfield at any time...
...roles. Cliff Battles, great ground-gaining halfback, Hank McPhail, fullback, and Pete Bausch, center, are the only regulars who are certain to answer the opening whistle against the pirates. Steve Hokuf, the crackerjack quarterback from Nebraska, who has been laid up with injuries, will be back in the starting backfield. Gail O'Brien, Steve Sinko, Marne Intrieri, Flavio Tosi and Ernie Concannon, who played bangup football when sent into the fray, are almost certain to be promoted to the first team line...
...second tally Litman and Jackson again put on the pressure and ended their collaborated march down the field with a Litman to Jackson pass for the touchdown. This closed "A" team's workout for the afternoon. Both backfield and line were going beautifully, with their brief rocky start the only bad spot of the day. From the coaches' point of view this was especially desirable yesterday since President Conant was among the spectators at the practice field. It is the first time the President has visited one of Casey & Co.'s sessions...