Word: tailbacks
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Starting in the backfield will be Dick McLaughlin at quarterback, Jim Bell at tailback, Stan Merkel at fullback, and John Allen at wingback...
...Tigers have only a mediocre 1-3 record, but the figures do not show the strength of the Princeton squad. It is strong in the backfield and deep in reserves. John Hyde, 155-pound tailback who scored three touchdowns in the Princeton-Columbia game, will present the major threat to the Crimson...
Although Charley Caldwell can well claim injuries with Flippin not expected to see much action at tailback, and guard Bob Aldrich out with an injured knee. Jordan this week suffered two severe losses in the line which may just about ruin an already thin front wall...
...Tiger, picked to finish no higher than fourth in the League without its captain and brilliant tailback Royce Flippin, will start Sid Pinch at that position for the sixth straight time today, and will be favored to move into the League lead by defeating the Crimson. Princeton has not lost to an Ivy opponent, and is rated a solid touchdown better than Harvard...
...backfield, the problem is not injuries, but picking the right man to start. At tailback, Jordan has three men of almost equal ability, none of whom has shown very much in the past three games --Matt Botsford, Jim Joslin, and Walt Stahura. Jordan has said he would start Botsford, but the other two will probably play a third of the game...