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...early in the second period. On the scoring play, Lanny Keyes, the varsity's captain and fullback, seemed to reinjure his heavily taped right leg. Operating at considerably less than top efficiency, he stayed in the game and was again the one essential man in the Crimson's defensive backfield...
...feeling among coaches and players is that the contest will be won or lost in the line. The Crimson has a slight edge in the backfield, but the linemen must outplay the Big Red forwards if the varsity is to triumph...
Cornell, without 1958 star quarterback Tom Skypeck, is hoping for improvement in its backfield, which cannot match the Crimson's. Albie Cullen, Larry Repsher, Chet Boulris, and Charlie Ravenel have been running very well lately, and Cornell admittedly has its hands full...
...varsity roared back in the second half, keeping pressure on the Terrier's defensive backfield. Finally, after 5:40 of relentless hammering, inside John Mudd tied the score after taking a well-directed head from center Ekpebu...
Munro will start Tadgh Sweeney and John McIntosh at wings, John Mudd and either Hedreen or Keith Lowe at the insides, and Ekpebu at center, with Marsh McCall, Bill Rapp, Charlie Steele, Charlie David, and Tim Morgan in the backfield and Tom Bagnoli in the nets...