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...then Coach Horween has J. V. Hitch '30, G. C. Holbrook '30, T. T. Mason '30, and W. R. Harper '30, a quartet of hard, speedy runners from last year's Freshman team, to draw on in forming his backfield combinations. In recent years the most successful offensives have been built around two, or, in some cases three, sets of high class backs which have been almost equal in strength and versatility. A glance at the array of backs mentioned above indicates the possibility of such a situation at Harvard this year. Let us consider the various backfield combinations...
Crosby, Guarnaccia, and Burns comprise the team A backfield which Coach Horween has announced as his starting choice for this afternoon's encounter with Vermont. A second combination composed of Moore, fullback, and French, Donaghy and Hitch alternating at the halfback positions possess almost all the qualities of the first and look capable of rivalling it in action...
Burns is thought by many followers of Harvard football to be the backfield find of the current season. At Andover and as a Freshman at the University Burns was a strong wingman. Coach Horween shifted him to the backfield at the opening of football practice this year, and Burns has subsequently vindicated the shift by earning an undisputed berth in the team A backfield. With Moore and French, Burns ranks first among the University punters, and is also a drop and place kicker of merit. He is rugged in build a fast runner, and gives promise of being an effective...
Mason, Harpor, and Holbrook are all young players of great promise. As Freshmen last year their work was consistently good, and any one of them shows possibilities of breaking into one of the first two backfield combinations before the season is far progressed--By Time...
...will be in the Crimson array, but three of the five remaining players on the team have never seen service in a University game W. W. Lord '28, who will fill in at the right wing of the Harvard line, will taste his first University action, while in the backfield D. J. Kelley '28, who will guide the team from the quarterback's post, and S. C. Burns '29, at fullback...