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Once in a while you may see the Crimson use this pro-type pattern, with a half-back stationed inside a split, or wide, end. This is ordinarily a passing formation, as the wingback and the wide end can both break downfield and overload the secondary defenses. To make it work, though, you need a good line and a good blocking fullback to protect the passer. Grana is up to the fullback blocking; the question is whether or not the line is ready for such assignments. Yovicsin said the Crimson will probably run as well as pass off this formation...
Harvard is also fond of the "outside belly" or "ride" series, perfected at Oklahoma by Bud Wilkenson. The key man in the series is the quarterback, and Bassett excells in this type of work. In the play, when run from the basic-T, the fullback and the right half-back both plunge toward the tackle. The left half-back runs wide to the right and parallel to the line of scrimmage. The quarterback takes the snap and thrusts the ball into the belly of the fullback (giving the series its name). He has the option of letting the fullback keep...
With Ward gone from the lineup, Munro cannot go ahead with his plan to move half-back Davies up to the attacking line. Davies has a hefty boot and hustles; he proved his value in the forward line when he came through with a crucial goal in the Yale game last year...
...tentative starting front line includes Mike Kramer, John Thorndike, Al Chang, Seamus Malin, and Sam Rodd. In a half-back line cut to ribbons by injuries, Harvard will probably start Dave Clapp and Lou Williams. Right-half is undecided...
Quarterback Tom Bilodeau and half-back Stan Yastrzemski will lead the Crimson team, which soundly whipped Tufts and Brown in games earlier this season. Bolstering the line will be tackle Joe Jurek and ends Paul Barringer, Curt Lemkau, Tom Sedlacek, and Frank Ulcickas...