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There are eight Juniors who have won letters and consequently are eligible for election. They are Bob Stuart, Art Oakes, George Roberts, and Vernon Struck, from the backfield and Russ Allen, Al Kevorkian, Joe Nee, and Gibby Winter from the line...
...receiving ends. Consequently, the Northwestern attack is built around plays designed to shake running backs clear on off-tackle thrusts, supplemented by short passes to receiving backs. Like many other coaches this year, Northwestern's Waldorf capitalizes "mousetrap" plays-allowing an opposing lineman a clear path to the backfield where a back takes him out of the play allowing the ball carrier to step through the gap in the opposing line. Under Chick Meehan at Syracuse, Coach Waldorf learned to make players play well because they like it. He rarely bothers with scrimmages, sees to it that practice never...
Charlie Houghton, Bob Burnett and Prouty starred in the backfield, while Captain Knapp and Schmidt turned in excellent line performances. Dan Cheever started at center for Ric Hedblom, who was suffering from an injury, but Hedblom was able to play for a few minutes. During the last half, the Varsity gridmen watched the game...
While Clint Frank, considered by many grid followers as the outstanding back of the East, gives the starting backfield a slight edge, this advantage is overbalanced by the eight first-string backs which Coach Howie Odell has been able to provide for the game. Struck and Hedblom at fullbacks; McTernen, Roberts, Oakes, and Stuart at wingbacks; and Wilson and Boston at quarterback will be substituted for each other with bewildering rapidity, keeping the attack quartet fresh at all times. And in case these eight should get winded, Ford and Watt have both rated starting berths during the season...
...Crowley, left halfback of Notre Dame's famed "Four Horsemen," currently coach at Fordham. Of the "Seven Mules" who formed the 1924 Notre Dame line, one was Noble Kizer, currently coach at Purdue. Last Saturday, in the week's big game, Purdue's strength was a backfield whose average progress this season has been seven yards per play and two of whose members, John Drake and Cecil Isbell, according to Coach Kizer, were abler than any of the "Four Horsemen." Fordham's strength was a line nicknamed the "Seven Blocks of Granite," who had permitted their...