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...title. This year it's Yale and Cornell, with Dartmouth running a close third. Yale's undefeated championship team last year had bench strength that could have started and won games at many other colleges, a legacy encouraging victories this year. Cornell is strong all over, especially in the backfield. Both teams could win; the Summer News will pick Cornell over Yale, however, even though the temptation is the reverse upon recollection of the Casey Stengel-like firing of coach Lefty James at Cornell last winter...
Fourteen of sixteen evenly-matched and able candidates will form the two backfield units. John Damis, Hywel Rees, and Rowe are among the veteran backs working out this spring. Jack Downing is nursing a severe knee injury and may miss the entire season. Buzz Miller and Rick Rice are two of the many outstanding newcomers who will probably play extensively this year...
...only outside engagement to date, an informal scrimmage with members of the Boston Rugby Club, the backfield appeared strong, though the scrum was ragged. Rowe says the team has "really looked good" on other occasions, and sees in good chance for the A team to better its 5-2 fall record...
...compiled a respectable 66-58-2 record in his 14-year reign as head coach. Known as "the dean of Ivy coaches," James did as well as could be expected from any coach this fall, struggling through the majority of the season's games without the services of backfield stars George Telesh, Dave McKelvey, and Marcy Tino, who were injured. He could have been excused for the 2-7 final record...
Kinderdine is joined on the first team by fellow Indians Ken DeHaven (center) and Al Rozycki (halfback), Princeton's Hugh Scott rounds out the first backfield, while his twin Jack Sullivan joins Singleton, Wolfe, and Brown's fullback Ray Barry in the second unit...