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...matter of fact, Robie happens to be one of Carr's problems; Jack doesn't know what to do with him. His natural bent appears of late to be that of fullback, but as Freshman he captained his team from the center halfback position, while he kicks, thinks, and is handy enough with his head to fit into the forward picture. Anyway, Robie was the star of Saturday's game, and he ought to be close to the starting lineup on Friday...
Attack is Coach Carr's principal difficulty. His halfbacks are good, and his new fullback combination of Bob Holcombo and Dick Powell is good. Tom Perry isn't any Jonathan England in goal, but he can stop anything except a well-placed penalty kick...
...more forwards and a halfback crowd the ball at the same moment of attack. A fullback is discovered carrying the ball beyond the center of the field. A wing halfback leaves his outside forward to wrestle by himself with the opposition up in the corner of the field. A minute later the same outside forward is caught down field. A center forward tries to beat a pair of men in mid-field...
...teach his men their positions, the talent is there and the team which lost to Andover on a fluke ruling of a ball which hit a crossbar and bounced out, and suffered a tie with Exeter when a fullback missed his kick, has some surprises in store for Dartmouth, Brown, Worcester, Tufts, and Yale...
Newshawks scurried to the University, which readily admitted that 13 out of 57 footballers actually hold State jobs. Typical were John Kabealo, first-string fullback, receiving $1,040 per year as a part-time employe in the Sales Tax Division, and John Bettridge, first-string halfback, drawing $3 per day as a page in the State Legislature...