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Roger Lazarus has been shifted from inside left to center forward for the Exeter game, and Dave Deane is coming back at fullback against Exeter to alleviate the shortage caused by the injury to Ortega. Paul Morgan and Herb Allen, standbys of the team which played Worcester, are playing against Exeter, giving the Exeter game a Varsity flavor. Paul Rogers will play against the French, however...
...moving across the center to play between the right guard and the right tackle. In this right formation, the blocking back stands directly behind the inside (left) tackle, with the three running backs in a straight line about four yards behind the line of scrimmage. The tailback and the fullback are behind the left and right guards respectively, while the wingback is over the right...
This makes a somewhat lopsided T, since there is no one to balance the tailback. It is very similar to the single-wing, differing only in that the wingback is on the line with the fullback and tailback, instead of being right up on the end's heels. The advantage in shifting him back is that on reverses from the single wing he has to run away from the line of scrimmage to get the ball before cutting upfield to gain yardage, whereas now he avoids this backward motion...
...Crimson A soccer team, recovering from injuries to its star forward, Bob Woodside, and fullback, Bob Feinberg, suffered a new blow last week in the loss of Julio Ortega, right fullback, who broke a bone in his foot and will be unable to play for at least three more weeks...
Robert Woodside, star of last Saturday's game, and Robert Feinberg, starting left fullback, were both injured in the first scrimmage following the first Fleet Air Arm game. Woodside sprained an ankle, and Feinberg suffered a cut above the eye, which required three stitches. Both were in scrimmages yesterday, however, and both will start the game...