Word: halfback
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...varsity football team, which has spent many unhappy Saturdays struggling with little knows opponents, may be is for more embarrassment today. Led by quarterback Bill Frederick and halfback Erland Ahlberg, the Ohio University squad that comes to the Stadium this afternoon boasts a wall balanced T-formation attack...
...comparable to that of 1952, a team that held its opposition to two goals. Louis Felsteiner, at left half, is the key man, being a very consistent playmaker. Center half Tony Overschall's "methodical play" has given him the edge over Charles Malonee. Bill Hartmann holds down the other halfback position. The alternates are Dan Singer and John Edger...
Saturday's game may have been disappointing, but it was not discouraging. The play of Dave Bodiker, Art Painter, Bill Meigs, Tim Anderson, John Maher, and Orville Tice could leave only Green halfback Lou Turner discouraged. Encouraging too was the return of wingback Dexter Lewis. Out for three games with a pre-season injury, Lewis still looks like a dangerous runner who gets eight yards out of a five yard opening. Botsford again played a fine game-given good openings he ran very well...
Only at fullback, where injuries to both George MacDonald and Bill Volmer have forced Jordan to bring sophomore Tony Gianelly along too fast, did the Crimson look vulnerable. Probably the least experienced defensive halfback Jordan has ever used, Gianelly has been rushed into two-way service too soon, and lacks the speed of his 1953 predecessor, John Culver. Gianelly's lighter, more experienced understudy, Dick Oehmler, is a very fast starter, and hits a line very hard for 160 pounds...
...Beagle threw one incomplete pass and then hit end Jon Anderson who drove to the 4. Dick Flagg caught the fourth and final pass, a short one right over the center for a touchdown at 6:05. Beagle's try for the4BOB COWLES (11), the varsity's ace defensive halfback, bats down a long pass by Dartmouth quarterback Bill Beagle. The Crimson was able to stop only four of Beagle's attempts as the Indian ace completed ten of 15 for a total of 136 yards. The varsity, mean-while, surprised the large crowd of 32,000 by trying...