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...varsity, high scoring eleven in the Ivy league last year, has been held to one goal in three games. The team has also been plagued by injuries. Halfback Emmanual "Mamma" Boys has not been practicing because of a sprained ankle. Lon Williams at full back has been hampered by a cut knee, and Chris Ohiri, scorer of eight of the varsity's nine goals, has also been sidelined with injuries...
...field under their own power. "When the going gets tough," says Owens, "the tough get going." This year Owens has a lean, agile line that averages 6 ft. 2 in., 208 Ibs. per man, and 22 returning lettermen, including Center Ray Mansfield and All-Coast Halfback Charley Mitchell, who set up the crucial touchdown against Purdue with a dazzling 24-yd. run. Owens sheds no crocodile tears over his team. "We'll win our share," he) says...
...next January. The Bruins' murderous schedule pitted them against top-ranked Ohio State in their opening game, and Coach Billy Barnes, knuckling under to alumni pressure, was replacing his familiar single-wing with a wide-open split-T. But Barnes had two aces up his sleeve: spring-footed Halfback Kermit Alexander, who raced 45 yds. for a touchdown against the Buckeyes on U.C.L.A.'s first play from scrimmage, and Quarterback Larry Zeno, who kicked the winning field goal with 1 min. 35 sec. to play. The Uclan defense? It stopped Ohio State three times...
After a brief varsity offensive failed, Cardinals were back at the Crimson goal peppering Whitney and keeping busy. Halfback Larry Coburn broke up the Wesleyan drive and Williams stopped several before the ball crossed midfield again...
Time and again halfback Tony Davies, Winslow and Williams turned Wesleyan threats aside with Williams sending goal kicks almost to midfield. But the Crimson offensive was unable to keep the ball in Cardinal territory. Toward the end of the period, goalie Whitney made three saves in less than a minute...