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Frank Casale has the call over Bobby Little for center, with Danny Comfort ranked third. In the backfield Bob Haley is No. 1 quarterback and has George Ford and George Hedblom as understudies. Leo Ecker is the ranking fullback; Bob Watt and Fred Moseley the right and left halves respectively. Mac McTernan, Henry Fuller, and Bill Parquette are the second stringers for Watt and Moseley
...meantime the backfield men were put through a live tackling drill, with three backs trying to wipe out one defenceless ball carrier. Varsity and Jayvee backs alternated as live targets. When the massacre was over the backs turned their attention to pass attack and defense. The linemen worked out with Adam Walsh. Practice closed with a blackboard talk and signal drill...
...only six returning first-stringers and many losses even from the Jayvees of last year, there are plenty of positions which are being hotly contested. George Blackwood, Leo Ecker, Donald Jackson and William Watt are just a few of the new names which will be found in the Crimson backfield this fall. Blackwood, a star of the yearling team last year and Watt have both proved themselves in scrimmage to be hard men to stop and Coach Myles Lane is expecting much from them...
Myles Lane, former Dartmouth All-American half-back is one of the new additions to the coaching staff. Backed by a brilliant sports record, which includes membership on the Boston Bruin Cubs professional hockey team, Lane will take over the duties of backfield coach...
...Backfield prospects are not too bright although there is a wealth of material coming up from the Freshman and Jayvee teams of last year...