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...Bellboys, with five backfield injuries, clicked a few times but were not inspired. They managed to tighten their defense in the secondly, but by then it was too late...
Eliot faces Lowell in another game today. The Elephants have a flashy backfield of T operatives and a big line which pummeled Leverett 26-6. Lowell has some capable backs and an equally heavy line, but they didn't click as a team against Adams. Eliot will be favored to Jcia. Winthrop in the "two straight" ranks...
...Plays to Pay Dirt. From its 11-yd. line a few minutes later, grim, white-jerseyed Army began to march. Quarterback Arnold ("The Pope") Galiffa took a knowing look at Michigan's four-man line and tried his pony backfield (Fischl, Cain and Kuckhahn) off the flanks. Michigan's defense, rated the most ingenious in collegiate football, spread out; Galiffa hit the center with a new play (called a "Galiffa keep") designed especially for Michigan. He deftly mixed in three completed passes. In ten plays, Army had a touchdown. At halftime the Cadets had a 14-0 lead...
...over the Leverett team, which was trounced by Eliot in its opener. Winthrop's hefty forward wall kept Kirkland from scoring, and is expected to wear down the small Leverett frontier. The Puritans didn't show much of an aerial display against Kirkland but it has a hard-driving backfield paced by Frank Hernberg...
Despite the pre-game weeping from the Point, Army expected to win the Michigan game. "In spite of what our press releases said, we thought we had a good chance to win the game," said backfield coaching staff member Doug Kenna on Sunday. "Everybody did all we expected, and some of them a lot more...