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Even before the first whistle blew this season, sportswriters knew which four men belonged in anybody's All-America backfield. Obviously, two of them were Army's durable Davis & Blanchard; the other two were Georgia's Charlie Trippi and Notre Dame's Quarterback Johnny Lujack. Last week, with every sports editor puffing into print with his own All-America team, the same four men turned up on almost everybody's list. Only Grantland Rice-who picks Collier's All-America team, the nearest thing to an official selection-was different. Granny Rice couldn...
...line, where heroes are not so self-evident, there was more competition and more difference of opinion. Cagey West Coasters, aware that all the backfield positions were filled, began boosting as early as October for U.C.L.A.'s star end, Burr Baldwin. Baldwin, one of a half-dozen capable ends in the U.S., made All-Americas hands down...
...Once before, in 1930, Rice made Orville Mohler No. 5 in a backfield of Frank, Carideo, Ernie Pinckert, Bob Dodd and Leonard Macaluso...
...Bears average 227 Ibs. in the line. Key. man in their T-formation attack is shrewd, 197-lb. Sid Luckman, 29, who does most of the thinking and all the passing. He leads the league with 1,826 yards gained by passes. His ball-carrying backfield mates are virtually middle-aged men (average: 28)-shifty halfbacks Hugh Gallarneau and Dante Magnani, fullback Bill ("Bullet") Osmanski...
Coach Dick Harlow and his football coaching staff are taking more than passing interest in the championship game of the National Professional League tomorrow, for Bob Margarita, Varsity backfield coach, will be back at his old post for the Chicago Bears against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds...