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Eddie Mays, Bernie White and Jack Crickard were out with injuries, but the Harvard backfield had enough without them to take a dull, one-sided game from Vermont, 35 to 0. Harvard's second string beat the Coast Guard cadets...
...White and Mays will be absent from the game today in that it will be the last preliminary test for Harvard before the Army game, which is really what the coaches have been pointing for all the while. Last Saturday there was a particular lack of coordination in the backfield especially on the passes and today would be the time to make the plays click. But with Mays out the laterals will not get a fair try because he is obviously the spark of the sidewise toss...
...injured list were Mays and White, the only men not in uniform yesterday; they, however, watched the practice from the sidelines. White will definitely be out of the Springfield game this Saturday, while it seems likely that Mays will also be unfit for the game. In the team A backfield, Record played the entire afternoon in Batchelder's position, as the veteran back is letting down a trifle after his strenuous work on Saturday, when he played through the bulk of both games. Following the scrimmage the teams had signal practice with a white ball, until Horween called...
...other potentialities are, however, latent. Were it not for the fact that Harvard can lateral and forward pass, as demonstrated last season with practically the same backfield, there would be cause for alarm. But this the Crimson can do and although it was not shown Saturday should come forth as soon as a few more polishing up drills have been held and all of the missing members of the backfield return...
Schereschewsky and Kales, both making their debuts in Harvard football, filled in their places nicely. In fact practically all of the newcomers did better than expected. Coach Horween certainly has a wealth of good backfield material as demonstrated by the play of Forbes, Leonard, Brinkley and Record, all of whom are supplementary to the first two backfield quarters. Huguley, also in a debut, as understudy to Wood, hauled his backs in creditable fashion besides showing that his passing eye might also be of service...