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...University of Pittsburgh, for the past 15 years coached by tall, angular Dr. John Bain ("Jock") Sutherland. Jock Sutherland, who learned his football under famed Pop Warner, is the envy of every other football coach in the country this year. He has what they call a "dream backfield''-powerful running backs who can block, kick and handle passes with equal skill...
Winthrop then went down to Kirkland's 15-yard line, which was the nearest either team came to scoring. The Puritan backfield at this point began knocking each other down on attempted spinner plays, thus stalling the attack...
...Twin backfield stars of the invaders are Captain Tom Mountain, right halfback who does most of the ball-carrying and kicking and is probably the best defensive back the Crimson have faced, and Dave Allerdice, their forward passer who looked lop-sided against Navy since he played the whole game with a huge shoulder-brace...
...blocking. As we have been saying for four successive Saturdays, watch the passing. Tailbacks Frank Foley and Austin Harding have never looked more deadly with the spirals than the week just passed. Watch Joe Gardella, sophomore fullback sensation and ranking with Cliff Wilson as the defensive satellite of the backfield...
Bucker Ben Smith and the fast-coming Joe Gardella (who should see plenty of action especially to bolster the backfield defense) will try to keep the spinning offense at the kind of past when they were ripping through the Army line. This Dartmouth team is no world-beater on defense. Harvard will count on an equal-weighted but superior starting forward wall, backed up by Cliff Wilson and Tim Russell, to stop the Green attack, and then will attempt to turn on the offensive steam. Each opponent has scored 20 points against the Harlowmen; today they will...