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Surely this isn't the first time a team has been stripped down to practically no hope, as was Cornell last year when its big guns in the backfield got injured. But when did a squad ever suffer such slings and arrows without even playing a single game...
Needless to say, the loss of Hatch leaves the backfield with less depth than over at halfback. Presently, three of the top six halfbacks are players who had no football experience last year. Sophomore speedster Jim Leath, second string left half behind Boone, and John Damis, third string, sat out last year--as did sophomore Dave Connor, third string right half behind Chuck Reed and Scott Harshbarger...
...feeble G.O.P. tried first to get either liberal Senator Jacob Javits or personable young Representative John Lindsay to run for mayor. Both refused; the party finally settled on Lawyer Lefkowitz, and picked running mates to produce a ticket that sounds like three parts of a Notre Dame backfield: Lefkowitz, Fino and Gilhooley. The G.O.P. campaign, based mostly on the possibility that the Democrats will destroy themselves, has not yet gotten off the ground...
...backfield are, in addition to that of quarterback, the questionmarks of fullback and left halfback. Hank Hatch and Tom Boone are both able men at right half; Roy Williams and Billy Taylor will most likely share the left half spot. Chuck Reed, defensive specialist at fullback, may be changed to left halfback for offensive duty. Fullback is anybody's, and could go to seniors Gil Bamford, Dave Ward, or Stan Greenspan, or possibly to sophomore Bill Grana. Any one of the ten fullbacks returning next month could...
Conclusion? Too many problems in the backfield--which is especially bad because the Crimson cannot hope to lead the League in defense as it did last year. In three consecutive games last year (against Columbia, Dartmouth, and Penn), the Crimson scored only one touchdown--and won. Harvard scored three touchdowns in only one game, and two in only three games. Glenn Haughie and Jim Nelson are gone at the corner linebacker positions, and big Bob Pillsbury and the other staunch linemen have graduated. Offense, not defense, will have to lead the Crimson to victory. The line will certainly be creditable...