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...unexpectedly good condition for an M.I.T. team, the Engineers played a coordinated passing attack and in the early part of the last stanza seriously threatened to penetrate the disorganized Crimson defense and upset the favored Varsity. After center halfback Dave Ogden had blasted the ball far out of bounds, the Crimson settled down and thereafter controlled the ball...
After an indecisive first period Estin opened the game's scoring in 2:30 of the second frame when he booted one into the corner of the nets on a pass from his right halfback, Don Louria...
Local bookies had seen the Crimson as slight favorites despite the loss of key men Chief Boston, Torby MacDonald, and Vernon Struck--quarterback, halfback, and fullback respectively. The team had had a good season, winning the opening game 54 to 0 from invading Springfield and losing only once prior to the West Point contest by an unexpectedly lopsided score to Dartmouth in what some analysts termed a startling upset...
...prep schoolers just couldn't stop fullback Johnny White or halfback Johnny West whenever they chose to pick up some yardage. West smashed through the line for a five or six yard gain almost every time he carried the ball, while White, light and fast, swept around either end regularly for long advances...
Other shifts in the Freshman lineup will find Dave Warden moving up from second string to start at injured Carl Bottenfield's left halfback position. Bottenfield, as little or no action in today's tilt...