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...rung up again for one or two encores. Chief of these was at Los Angeles, whither Syracuse repaired to try the mettle of Southern California. It was a dangerous thing to do. The Trojans' chests bulged under their shirts, their linemen bulged through the Syracuse line, their backfield bulged right past the Syracuse goal, twice. In addition, Trojan Hawkins kicked a field goal. The Californians clearly outdid their visitors. Only twice did they permit big John McBride of Syracuse to get near enough to try his toe at a field goal. And both these times big John was disconcerted...
Thanksgiving Day in the Missouri Valley was punctuated by a loud, solid thump administered by Missouri to Kansas. The Missouri backfield selected the third period for two plunging touchdowns. In the fourth period, Kansas passes soared menacingly but were cut down with precision. The score, Missouri 14, Kansas 0, left Nebraska no room for argument with Missouri over the Valley title...
...Second Backfield Hard to Name
...backfield of Pond, Slagle, and Gehrke can be announced with apologies to no one. The second team choice is more difficult. Kline rivalled Pond in the Harvard-Yale game. Klevenow was a star with Middlebury, and he would have been a greater star on a greater team. Keefer was one of the flashiest ball carriers in the Stadium all fall. These three men were finally picked, with apologies to the entire Dartmouth trio, two or three Princeton backs, one or two from Brown, Allen and Scott of Yale, Glennon and Crowley of Holy Cross, and any others who may feel...
...other main consolation for Harvard is that the first-string backfield will be ready Saturday. The offense is the big Crimson problem. The best defense in the world cannot assure anything better than a tie. If Harvard is to beat Yale, it must show infinitely more offensive power than it has so far this season. With Gehrke and Miller once more in the backfield, the likelihood of a renovated offense increases a hundred fold...