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Although the appearance of Bill Wilson, the speedy Sophomore tailback who started a Varsity game for the first time Saturday, came as a surprise to most of the spectators, it was far from unexpected to the sports writers who had witnessed practices all week in which Captain "Morpheus" Lee was running from his old wingback post...
Rapid development of a group of talented Sophomores is the answer to the situation. Outstanding among the ranks of second year men that Coach Snavely has been able to whip into shape for heavy duty is 186-pound McDonald who started in the tailback spot last week for the Ithacans...
...where all our depth is. As a matter of fact, four of these Yearlings started against Syracuse--"Jolting" Joe Martin, who is as sweet a buck back as you could want; Rus Geib, a humdinger of a guard for just a kid; Red McDonald, a mighty fine little tailback; and Frank Rochow, subbing for the injured Van Order at tackle...
Doug Pirnie took turns with Franny Lee in the tailback spot, and showed a great deal of improvement. When he first came out, Jaakko Mikkola's prize possession showed great flashes of speed but went down whenever a secondary laid a hand on him. Now that he has learned how to handle himself beyond the line of scrimmage, he shows real potentialities...
Bufaline, the team's triple threat tailback, did not play Saturday because of a bad bruise, but he should be ready to go this week...