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...senior backfield with McKelvey, Telesh, and Kavensky is Marcy Tino, co-captain with Telesh. But it's Telesh who dominates the running attack. Last week he ran the ball 18 times for 93 yards and an average of 5.2 per carry. He scored 18 points by way of three touchdowns...
Other teams' rebuilding problems have not been so easy. Kirkland, though retaining most of last fall's backfield, lost half its line and is now working with a forward wall averaging only about 170 lbs. a man. The sole sizable lineman is guard Bruce Kruger, well over 200 lbs. The back to watch with Kirkland is Lee Raitz, tailback in the Deacons' single-wing attack. This formation is no surprise, since Kirkland coach Tom Morris played out of it for two years as an all-Ivy tailback at Princeton in the days after Dick Kazmaier...
Cornell, Harvard's opponent this Saturday, turned in an impressive performance in overcoming Colgate, 34 to 0. The "lonely end" offense of rookie coach Tom Harp paid off, with the highly-touted Big Red backfield proving its worth...
...first-string backfield is loaded with talent: quarterback Dave McKelvey, halfbacks George Tolesh and Marcy Tino, and fullback Ken Kavensky--all seniors. Harvard scout Paul McKee reported that Cornell is "absolutely teric. We won't see any better team in Cambridge this fall...
Harvard's first string backfield behind Halaby will include hard-hitting fullback Bill Grana, veteran left halfback Tom Boone, and agile Chuck Reed at right half, recently switched from fullback to replace the sidelined Hank Hatch. As expected, the starting line will be composed of captain Pete Hart and Bob Boyds at ends; Darwie Wile and Disk Diehl at tackles; Bill Swinford and Tom Gaston at guards; and Dave Nyhan at center. All but Grana, a sophomore, and Diehl, a junior, are seniors...