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While Art Valpey has introduced a western system to Harvard, "Bullet" Bill Osmanski has returned to the scene of his greatest football triumphs bringing with him the spectacular Chicago Bears' T-formation. But neither the Michigan nor the Halas system can be easily learned, and both teams have needed time...
...consulted with basketball coach Bill Barclay, who has scouted the Cross for the past two weeks, and both agree that Osmanski's team is better than its record indicates. "One of these weeks, we may catch fire," Valpey said yesterday. "But Holy Cross might...
Veto Kissel, a crunching fullback in the true Osmanski tradition, will undoubtedly get the nod at full. Bobby Farrell, a former Regimental sprint champ while at Boston English High, will be at right half for the Cross and, if the Crusaders receive, Walter Brennan will be pulling the QB strings of Ox DaGrosa's T-formation...
...shrewd, 197-lb. Sid Luckman, 29, who does most of the thinking and all the passing. He leads the league with 1,826 yards gained by passes. His ball-carrying backfield mates are virtually middle-aged men (average: 28)-shifty halfbacks Hugh Gallarneau and Dante Magnani, fullback Bill ("Bullet") Osmanski...
...whistle blew. Two plays later, Chicago's Osmanski, swinging wide around his own left end, hurtled 68 yards to a touchdown, leaving a wake of Redskins biting the dust behind him. Okay, okay, thought Washington fans. Now watch our team come back. Come back they did - running the kickoff back to the Bears' 40-yd. line, pushing on to the 26. Then Sammy Baugh pitched a magnificent touchdown pass to his favorite receiver, Charlie Malone, who was standing all alone on the Bears' 2-yd. line. Malone muffed...