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...will bid for its first victory tomorrow has conceded much of its speed to the medical department. Start quarterback Bill DeGraaf's status is still questionable and Art Sosenko will probably start. Certain doubts and a good deal of tape surround the ribs of both fullback Guy Bedrossian and halfback Dick Meade, while tackle Jim Van Buren will watch from the sidelines. This, plus the pre-season loss of star end Stan Intihar and Bruce Brenner leave Coach Lefty James with a good starting team, but far from the one which won the Ivy title last year and was expected...
This puts the burden of Cornell's offense on the passing of its starting quarterback Bill De Graaf or his sophomore understudy Art Sosenko, and the receiving of ends Tom Rooney and Jack Morris. Morris is a converted halfback who runs the 100 in less than ten seconds. Senior De Graaf injured a rib against Rice and may turn to Sosenko as his replacement...
...outstanding Crimson halfback named Jim Damis impressed everyone at the jayvee football team's opener on Soldiers Field yesterday, but he wasn't enough to prevent the Crimson squad from losing to Brown, 14 to 0, on two first period touchdowns...
...Rourke, who was an All-American halfback under Coach Frank Leahy at Boston College in 1940, will bring more than the Old College Try onto Soldiers Field this afternoon. He has a starting lineup that includes eight returning lettermen; he has a line averaging 196 pounds, or one pound more than the Crimson forward wall; he has exceptional depth at the ends and quarterback slots; and he has a strong passing attack that last week scored three touchdowns against American International College...
Leading this platoon of second-stringers will be sophomore halfback Dick Wright, a 180-pounder whom Coach Lloyd Jordan has described as one of the men he'll have to watch out for. Others in the Redmen's second backfield will be quarterback Howie Burns, right half Don Johnson and fullback Phil Surgen. Surgen, a 185-pound junior who propped at Exeter, carried the ball six times last week for a rushing average of 9.3 yards...