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Army's rise has been meteoric, and yesterday the Crimson's scouts, backfield coach Floyd Stahl and Jayvee mentor Henry Lamar, did everything possible to add lustre to the new light shining in the East. In their regular Monday afternoon meeting with the press they described the Army in terms very similar to those heard before the Dartmouth and Navy invasions, both of which ended to the advantage of Harvard's hitless wonders...
...Drake Relays into a famed sport event, Solem is this year putting Syracuse back on the map with a freak football formation. On the offense, in Solem's Y formation, the center, instead of bending over and "viewing his mates from an upside-down position," faces his own backfield. Instead of reaching forward to put his hands on the ball, he reaches backward between his legs...
Outstanding for the Jayvees were Gifford in the backfield and center Bill La Croix in the line. La Croix was elected captain of the team for the remainder of the season at a meeting held immediately prior to the game...
...rest of the first and second teams spent much time on defense against Princeton plays with the backfield coaches impersonating outstanding Tiger backs...
...looked as if practically the whole 1938 Crimson backfield was resurrected out of the past as A1 Kevorkian imitated Tom Irwin at blocking back, Frank Foley '39 impersonated Captain Bob Peters at tailback, Nick Mellen '39 took the place of Bob Perina at wingback, and Chief Boston played the part of Bud Rose at bucking back...