Word: halfback
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Besides Mitchell Price, acknowledged to be possibly the best passer in the East, the only other Lion offensive threat to draw newspaper notice was halfback Bob Mercier. Because they operate from different styles of offense, it is difficult to make exact comparisons, but Dick Clasby and John Culver may be said to balance off this pair. And that's not counting reserve fullback Jerry Blitz, who showed extremely well against Springfield, and wingback John Ederer, who had not yet hit his stride last Saturday...
...young man who made a very favorable impression in Cambridge last year, Joe Chandler. Then only a sophomore, Chandler drove through the Crimson line consistently despite a glaring lack of blockers. Although he was injured in the next game and was out for most of the season, the husky halfback was the team's second leading ground gainer, and averaged four yards a carry...
Like Lloyd Jordan, soccer coach Bruce Munro has reason to expect a more successful season this year than last. Although Munro has lost his ace goalie and the whole halfback line from last year's starting team, he still has an excellent pair of fullbacks, and the first front line intact...
...afford to juggle around his combinations. About 35 candidates are practicing daily on the Business School field, and with this depth Munro has put together two tentative lines, one an American power line, the other a foreign, skilled group. He is also experimenting with a variety of different halfback lines...
...halfbacks are still completely undecided. Jim Callahan, Bobby Dean, Tony Zane, Ernie Young, and Jack Whiting are all in the running for a halfback post; with sophomores Haegler, Weiss, and McIntosh pressing hard...