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RALPH POLILLIO, senior halfback. Only 5-9 but quick as a rabbit, Polillio can do it all--run back kicks, and run plays both inside and out--but he excels at pass-catching out of the backfield. Three serious head injuries the last two years have made it necessary for him to wear a new, specially padded helmet. Ralph's explosive, and can blow a game open...
PAUL CONNORS, sophomore halfback. A frosh star last year (5.3 yd. avg. for 507 yds.) and The Globe's "Schoolboy of the Year" two years back, this Hanover High grad may be just the thing Joe Restic needs to get his squad back on the winning track. At press time, his status as a starter was uncertain, but one thing is certain--this slashing-type runner will see lots of playing time this fall...
OTHER KEY PLAYERS: big senior offensive tackle Joe Kross, durable senior middle guard Tom McDevitt, senior tight end Paul Sablock, and Wayne Moore, a senior halfback with speed to burn...
...basically the same sad club of a year ago, and rumors are that Blacman will hock his magic wand for a couple of blue-chip recruits. Sophomore Dick Clasby, namesake of Harvard's halfback star of the fifties, could...
...runner. He was the most impressive back that I've seen come into the league in a long time." Fred O'Connor, Chicago's backfield coach, was moved to assert: "God must have taken a chisel and said, 'I'm gonna make me a halfback.' " O'Connor, God knows, seems to be right...