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Providing running threats in Columbia's well-balanced attack will be fullback Tom O'Connor and halfbacks Russ Warren and Tom Haggerty. All three men average about five yards per carry against three Ivy teams, O'Connor leading with 5.9. Warren leads the team with four touchdowns and has been instrumental in the Lions' impressive average of 27 points per game for three outings...
...starting, but certain to play, is the Ivy League's present Back of the Week, Al Butts, sophomore fullback who came off the bench and rushed for 66 yards, intercepted two passes, snared a Vasell aerial, and added a two-point conversion to his winning TD in the 11-0 victory over Yale last week...
...quarterback duties for Harvard will be sophomores Bill Humenuk and Mike Bassett. In general, Humenuk is the passer, and Bassett is the runner, and although Bassett will start today, "The one who moves us best will play most of the game," Yovicsin says. Bill Grana will start at fullback, and Tom Boone will share the halfback attack with Chuck Reed, who missed last week's game because of a leg injury...
...undefeated Iowa was ranked No. 1 in almost every preseason poll, could well give Coach Jerry Burns a big winner in his freshman year. A decisive 27-8 victory over Indiana last week strengthened Iowa's chances. In Quarterback Wilburn Hollis, Halfbacks Larry Ferguson and Sammie Harris and Fullback Joe Williams. Burns has the finest backfield in the Big Ten-but his bench is weak...
...whipping injury-riddled Illinois 44-0. Relying on his customary powerhouse tactics, garrulous Coach Woody Hayes showed that he had a host of fine backs, even though in the season's opening-game tie (7-7) with Texas Christian, he appeared to have only one: All-America Fullback Bob Ferguson, who carried the ball 35 times. Quipped one Texas sportswriter: "We don't know where Hayes went to college, but he must have majored in monotony." A major test comes for Ohio State this week when it faces Northwestern, upset 10-3 by Minnesota last week...