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Princeton welcomes Rutgers, and we think that welcome will not prove overly friendly. Everyone in the League will be watching to see how good that Tiger backfield really is. It should be good enough...
Weather Unpredictable, Turf Generally Good--First Game Sept. 29 Placed Team Coach LL LB Comments Odds 3 Princeton (Colman) 11 21 Backfield makes favorite here 5-2 3 Dartmouth (Blackman) 14 14 Led by King, could go distance 3-1 1 Harvard (Yovicsin) 19 14 If line jells, might challenge 7-2 5 Yale (Olivar) 12 19 Look for big improvement here 8-1 1 Columbia (Donelli) 19 6 Too weak to repeat last season 10-1 6 Cornell (Harp) 14 20 If Wood gets help, might surprise 10-1 7 Penn (Stiegman) 12 21 Lost to better teams last...
Gongola, who is 29, will serve as backfield coach, giving special attention to developing quarterbacks. With five boys fighting for the quarterback slot, Gongola's experience in tutoring signal callers should prove extremely valuable. One of the greatest punters in Illinois story, the new Crimson coach played the Illini squad that defeated Stanford 40-7 in the 1952 Rose Bowl game. He has been coaching since 1958 at University, where he developed Canty, who ranked fifth nationally forward passing last season...
...Latin, Congregatio Sanctae Crucis (C.S.C.). *Rockne's famed 1922-24 backfield: Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, Halfbacks Don Miller and Jim Crowley, Fullback Elmer Layden. *The yellow "Notre Dame brick," made originally from marl in nearby St. Joseph's Lake and now manufactured in New Jersey...
...backfield of the AP's All-American first team are Sandy Stephens, Minnesota; Ernie Davis, Syracuse; James Saxton, Texas; and Bob Ferguson, Ohio State...