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Margarita has apparently settled the year-long question of whether Jimmy Joslin or Mat Botsford would start at tailback. He has benched both men, and moved fullback Paul Abrahamian to the left halfback spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JVs, Underdog Freshman Team Face Yale | 11/20/1953 | See Source »

...Abrahamian has never played tailback before," Margarita reported yesterday, "but the past two weeks have proved the backfield combination of Abrahamian, Tony Gianelly, John Simourian, and Leo Daly the best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JVs, Underdog Freshman Team Face Yale | 11/20/1953 | See Source »

...give Princeton the edge today. Where once Caldwell brought over 30 giants, each assigned a specific phase of the game, now he has Captain Homer Smith, tailback Royce Flippin, and an average line. There are no McPhees or Brad Glasses on the Princeton line. Instead, there are people named Milano and Torrey, and they may be as good as people named Bill Meigs and Tim Anderson, but they are probably no better...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Princeton Tigers Will Defend Big Three Title Against Underdog Varsity in Stadium Today | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

...Lowenstein, this is a special game. In 1951 at Princeton's Palmer Stadium, the 150 pound tailback spent most of the afternoon underneath great hunks of Orange and Black beef as a supercharged Dick Kazmaier team handed the varsity the worst licking in Harvard history, 63 to 26. Lowenstein put on a magnificent exhibition that day, setting up the four Crimson scores, and, given any protection today, he may account for more

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Princeton Tigers Will Defend Big Three Title Against Underdog Varsity in Stadium Today | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

...fact, he, and sophomore tailback Royce Flippin have, between them, piled up almost exactly two-thirds of total Tiger yardage this season. The two provide Coach Charlie Caldwell with seasoned skill in a team of scarcely better than average aptitude...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Smith, Flippin Seen As Mainstays Of Princeton's Assault On Crimson | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

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