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...defensive standout was second - string center, Burgy Ayres, whose rapid improvement makes "Lone Star" Dietz' chances to open the season as the ranking pivot man quite doubtful. On the offense, it was Bill Brown's effective blocking which stole the show. But in the passing drill, Don McNicol and his receivers were not able to make connections often enough to please Coach Harlow...
Crimson jersey men--Ends: Loren MacKinney, Bill Barnes, Don Forte; Tackles: Vern Miller, Don Lowry, Tom Gardiner; Guards: Chub Peabody, Dick Pflster, Joe Koufman, Elisha Atkins, Joel Ferris; Centerse Burgy Ayres, John Page; Backs: George Heiden, Fran Lee, Joe Gardella, Bill Brown, Don McNicol...
...lineup: le, MacKinney; lt, Miller; lg, Peabody; c, Dietz and Page; rg, Koufman; rt, Lowry and Pfister; re, Forte; qb, Heiden and Goldthwaite; lh, McNicol; rh, Guild and Lyle; fb, Gardella...
...endowed with much natural ability, and both may hit the jackpot in this, their Junior year. They lack the speed of a Torbie Macdonald, however, and neither is much of a forward passer. That is where Don MacNicol, last year's yearling leader, steps into the picture. McNicol is a genuine triple-threat artist, with the accent on passing. That talen will make Dick Harlow give him much consideration oven though his progress is slow in other departments of the game. He is undoubtedly the best backfield contribution of the class of 1943, but Calob Loring, Mort Waldstein...
George Helden seems to be Bill Coleman's successor at the blocking quarterback role, with Hank Vender Eb, Dave Goldthwait, and Ted Lyman backing him up. Versatile Charley Spreyer will probably be the starting tallback, and talented Don McNicol will be a capable substitute. Bill Lyie, Ed Buckley, and Cliff Helman are other possibilities...