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...holes, Danny Wells and Chet Litman, the ball was carried from the 14-yard line for a score. Credit for the victory must go to the New Deal in the football team, which put in a new left side of the line and completely jumbled up the backfield...
Dartmouth's hard-hitting seven-man defense had Princeton's backfield tumbling and fumbling until the second half when Princeton shifted to a passing attack. Of 14 forward passes, Princeton completed eight, one an underhand toss to the corner of the field for the only touchdown of the game, 7-to-0. Princeton remained unbeaten, untied, unscored-on for the season...
Nicknamed "Rabbit" as are small, fast backfield men everywhere, Georgia's 142-Ib. Homer Key sprinted 40 yd. through Vale. Thence he and his brilliant teammates Cy Grant and George Chapman, 200-lb. fullback, worked the ball to the 2-yd. line. Chapman punched over the touchdown. Yale played by far its best football of the season in holding Georgia to that lone touchdown...
...against a fast-stepping outfit like Brown Lane's quick defensive work would have been invaluable. Just what Casey would have done with Litman if Lane had been ready for action is a problem. At the present time Casey is attempting to change the fundamental makeup of his backfield: having rejected Wells as a quarterback the coach tried to get along without a pass expert; now he is experimenting with Wells as a halfback, because the system of using two fast running halfbacks at the same time has proved a failure. A passer is needed...
Janien is admittedly a substitute, but he has been in nearly every game this year for a short time at least and should provide the necessary backfield weight...