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...today's match is played on a muddy field, the Crimson should duplicate the result, if not the score of the last meeting. A powerful and experienced pack of forwards will almost certainly outclass M.I.T.'s scrum. A firm dry ground, however, with the resulting emphasis on backfield play, might prove awkward if the Engineers' three-quarter line exploits the inexperience of the fast Crimson backs, who have been practicing together for only two weeks...
...week long, West Point's Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik had been singing the blues. To hear him tell it, Penn State's Nittany Lions would gobble his hamstrung team in a single gulp. His backfield, if he could field one at all. would be an impromptu joke. Joe Cygler, Army's fleet left halfback, was out for the season with a snapped ankle. Dick Murtland, another halfback, was laid up with a charley horse. Bob Kyasky, the fastest back of all, was nursing a bad knee. Mike Zeigler had run afoul of Army discipline and was finished...
...State at West Point's Michie Stadium had hardly started last week when Blaik's blues were drowned out by the clear sound of victory. Holleder was handling his T-formation chores like a veteran-although his job was doubly complicated because every time he looked, his backfield mates were playing a different position. Far too spry for a man with a gimpy leg. Halfback Murtland suited up and played right and left half with equal agility; Kyasky came in to limp through a touchdown drive; Fullback Pat Uebel started at left half, switched to right half...
...whereas the best the Crimson can hope to do in the backfield is to equal the Big Red, it is the line that has made Harvard the favorite. For Cornell has only one man who can stand up against the Crimson's line. He is big Stan Intihar, ineligible last year, but nevertheless the outstanding end in the League. He is 6-4, weighs 215 pounds, and is an excellent pass-catcher. DeGraaf will throw to him more than to anyone else...
...varsity coach continues to be reluctant to name a second line, but his second backfield appears to be Joe Crehore at quarter, Jim Joslin at tail, Ron Eikenberry at wing, and Dick Oehmler at fullback...