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Yale's backfield defense is purported to be its weak point, and Eli coach Jack Marshall has been making all sorts of switches to ease the burden on his goalie, Bill Parkhurst. Marshall has moved the Eli's captain, Neil Van Horn, from center halfback to fullback for today's game to solve this problem. Van Horn has been Yale's defensive standout all year long, and is a candidate for all-Ivy. Mal Black will be at the other fullback...
...often true, today's game could be decided in the relative play of the halfback lines. Varsity coach Bruce Munro intimated this yesterday when he said, "It could very well be that as Bill Rapp goes, so goes Harvard." Rapp, the Crimson's center half, heads a varsity backfield that has ranged from excellence to mediocrity all season long. Marsh McCall and Charlie Steele will be the wing halves, while Bill Driver has recovered sufficiently from his ankle injury to be used in reserve today...
...Yardlings money ballplayer is a 5 ft. 10 in halfback from Oregon named John Damis, who either slants through the line or runs around it. In addition to running Damis is also a passing or kicking threat...
...line will be the same as usual, but with Lawson out, the backfield will probably see sophomore Larry Repsher running from the right halfback slot. Yovicsin said that he still is not certain whether he will use Chet Boulris or Bruce MacIntyre at left half...
...varsity defense played flawlessly except for the third period hiatus. Fullback Tim Morgan again filled in for the injured Captain Floyd Moloy and played one of his best games. The halfback line followed the same pattern, and only one substitution was made in the entire game...