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...Lion halfbacks are senior Roger Dennis and sophomore Rich Brown. Dennis caught 33 passes for 524 yards last season, but--alas--there's no one to throw to him this year. Brown is being touted by the Columbia PR boys as "the finest halfback prospect Columbia has had since the days of Tom Haggerty," whoever...
Harvard will be in fairly good physical shape for its first Ivy League game the season. Two starters on the defeat unit--end Justin Hughes and middle guard Dick Berdik--may miss the game because of injuries, but the offensive unit is in the perfect shape. Halfback Bobby Leo, who sat out last week's game against Tufts, will start this afternoon. Cornerback Buzz Baker is also coming off the injury list...
Forward Fred Okuffo and center halfback Chuck Okigwe turned in outstanding performances for the Crimson, as did the hustling Blodgett and the agile Saltonstall. Njoku showed spurts of brilliance, but was often erratic...
...Penn opened its season with a 20-14 victory over weak Lehigh, while Brown was beaten by an unusually good Rhode Island team, 14-6. The Bruins will undoubtedly be "up" for this game in order to prove themselves, but Penn has a slightly better squad with All Ivy halfback Bruce Molloy and a pair of talented sophomore quarterbacks giving them a diversified attack...
Tufts also has a pair of dangerous backs. One is halfback John Cluney, who picked up 70 yards rushing against Bowdoin to lead the team. Cluney, a 137- pounder, ran for 501 yards last year on 93 carries for a fat 5.4 yard average. He led the team in pass receiving and scoring, and was second in punt and kickoff returns...