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Until he was 27, Walker earned his living mainly by playing professional football, studied art and did commercial work on the side. He was a semipro at 15, a $40-a-week halfback on Goodyear Tire & Rubber's team at 25, later played for the Cleveland Panthers under the late great Jim Thorpe. About all Walker got out of it was a mashed nose (later straightened) and a fistful of broken fingers. Walker decided to quit and try art fulltime. "I wanted to keep my hands and my head in one piece, and not become a bum like...
With quarterback Dick McLaughlin and halfback Walt Stahura out of action with injuries sustained in the Dartmouth game, the Crimson was a decided underdog against a winless but powerful Pennsylvania squad...
Filling in for Jim Damis, with exams, and Captain Alan Waddell, with 'flu, at the halfback positions are centre Jim Doolan and forward Ash Hallett. Barrett Churchill and John Righter will play their first games for the first fifteen on the wings...
With Stahura out, Bill Crowley will receive the starting assignment at right halfback. He showed much promise in pre-season practice, but until this last week's drills, gave little indication of fulfilling it. Tomorrow will be his first starting opportunity. Chauncey Walker will start at right guard replacing Anderson, also injured in the rough Dartmouth contest...
With rain expected to fall throughout the day, the straight bread-and-butter plays which grind out yardage in small chunks will probably decide the outcome of the game. Penn's flashy sophomore halfbacks, Fred Doelling, John Hanlon, and John Terpak will probably give way to the fullback thrusts of John Wright and Dave Sikarski. Wright opened the season at halfback but was switched to the fullback spot when Terpak, Hanlon, and Doelling showed well in early games...