Word: halfback
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...Harvard coaches who scouted Cornell last week came back with nothing but praise for the Big Red. End coach Paul McKee, for example, called them "absolutely terrific." When asked about the personnel of the Big Red, he merely pointed out that halfback Pat Pennucci, the team's leading ground-gainer and pass receiver last year, is now playing third string. Depth is so strong that Cornell was able to use three teams in its victory against Colgate...
Rookie coach Tom Harp has successfully introduced the "lonely end" T formation attack, which features senior end Ken Hoffman 20 yards out from the tackle on the strong side of an unbalanced line. Halfback George Telesh, the team's old reliable, lines up on the side opposite Hoffman...
Hoffman freezes the defensive halfback and corner man on his side of the line and thus gives quarterback Dave McKelvey the option of either passing to him or handing off to Telesh, who slants off the strong-side tackle on the inside belly play...
This doesn't happen much with Eliot, however. Eight players from last year's championship team are back, including quarterback Roger Skemp and center Hugh Ault. Running out of a split T. Eliot uses Andy Shea and Mark Woodbury at halfback, and Keith Striggow at fullback. Woodbury's left-handed passes make the Elephant offense particularly dangerous...
...team: with better luck, certainly it will not be a cipher.White shirts smother Crimson halfback...