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Captain Franny Lee and Don McNicol, sparkplugs of the Crimson backfield, received their first all-opponent honors when the Brown coaching staff selected them as two of the best backs faced by the Bruins this year. Left Guard Chub Peabody was also selected, adding to his pile of such laurels...
...McNicol is chosen it will be the fourth year in a row that a backfield man has gotten the honor. Prior to Fran Lee, Joe Gardella and Torby Macdonald held the captaincy...
Outstanding for the Crimson was Bart Harvey and Steve Gifford in the backfield, while Yale's standouts were Brooks Smith and Monk Meyer in backing up the line. Floyd Fay, Blue passing ace, connected for several long passes in the dying minutes of the contest, but they were all to no avail...
...backfield, Flowing George Waters has been going great guns all season, and if his Eliot team had been stronger he would have looked even better than he did. He clinched all-House honors in the game against Dunster two weeks ago when he scored both Elephant touchdowns and did most of the ball-handling...
Yale has the requirements for the makings of an ideal backfield, according to Harlow, since it has two wingbacks who are lefthanded passers. They are Harrison and Hoopes...