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West Point's brave old Army team-considered by many observers the finest undergraduate football squad in the land today-thunders into Soldiers Field this afternoon. Colonel Earl Blaik's athletes will be seeking to extend their string of undefeated games to 24; if the Cadets succeed (as they are favored to by at least 35 points), their victory will give Harvard its longest losing streak in history--six since last year's Holy Cross game. Kickoff time in the Stadium...
...start of the season, the former Dartmouth coach had a wealth of backfield material and a seasoned defensive club which he could augment with members of last year's undefeated Plebe squad. His main concern was finding six men to fill out his first string offensive line, which was depleted by graduation...
...varsity experienced little difficulty cracking the freshman line, but it should be noted that the Yardlings were using an Army-type defense which they learned on Monday and which was thus unfamiliar to them. By the time the second and third string varsity teams took over, the freshmen had settled down and were able to make the varsity extend itself for yardage...
After a passing session in which Carroll Lowenstein and Gil O'Neil did most of the work, and a close-range tackling drill. Coach Lloyd Jordan sent his second team against the junior varsity in a 45-minute scrimmage. After that, the third string took over against the jayvees for 15 minutes...
There were no serious injuries on Saturday, only the customary bruises. Bob Stargel was still limping yesterday and Red Wylie is definitely out of the Army game. Hank Rate, first string defensive end, dove for a pass in yesterday's practice, came down on his stomach, and had to leave the field. The extent of his injury if any is not yet known...