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...split-T, which spreads the defense for exasperating option plays-Michigan State uses all three and adds even more. At any moment Duffy's quarterbacks may disconcert the defense with a bastard version of the T. In this maneu ver, the ball is snapped directly to the fullback through the T quarterback's legs, leaving the quarterback free to block ahead of the runner or tear downfield for a pass...
...period, Tufts had a fourth down and five to go on the H. 45 yard line. Every football convention calls for a punt in that situation, and Thompson lined up in a punt formation, but instead, he took the snap from center and fired a pass to fullback Normie Wright, free on the flat. He carried to the 25. Five plays later, Wright who was the spark in the Tufts attack, took a pitchout from Thompson on the four-yard line, and scored standing...
...Beaver and Chris Provenson will start at fullback. Tony Oberschall will go at center halfback, while John Felstiner will start at left half and Marshall Schwartz will go at right halfback. Elliot Finkelstein, who looked very good against Tufts, will mind...
...Jumbos are strong in the back-field, where their co-captains Norm Wright and Dave Wells are two of the best in the area, and as far as anyone knows, perhaps in the East. Weighing some 200 pounds, Fullback Wright is made to order for Coach Harry Arlanson's power T-Formation. He is fast, and can smash into the line. He was named to the All New England team last year...
...other co-captain, six foot, 190-lb. fullback Normie Wright, presents an equally formidable problem. Second high scorer last year, he was named to the All New England team, and he has already been mentioned in several preseason All New England and Little All America polls. He rates as the outstanding fullback ever to play for Tufts...