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There has been a great deal of comment about coach Dick Harlow's double shift lately, and since the Varsity has been working especially hard this week on polishing up the operation of the shift, this seems as good a time as any in discuss...
...history of the double-shift dates back to the famous 14-14 tie with Princeton two years ago. From scouting reports Harlow know the strong points and weaknesses of the two Princetonians backing up the line, fullback constable and center Cullinane. These two had been interchanging with each other to have Cullinane on the strong side of the line and constable on the weak...
...Harvard team started using their double-shift and both Constable and Cullinane found themselves defending against plays in territories to which they were not accustomed. They were especially lost in their new positions when trying to ward off flat aerials in their sectors, and it is by those aerials that the Harlowmen were enabled to put forward enough of an offense to tie a superior team...
...double-shift then, was off to an auspicious start. Neither Princeton nor Yale have ever been offside against it, but this year both Cornell and Army started jumping over the line before the play...
Coach Harlow emphasized, however, that the shift may be only temporary, if Macdonald and the other backs improve defensively. In any case, Harlow has shown by the change that be considers big Big Smith and Mike Cohenable to handle the bucking position alone...