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Until 1939 Stahley acted as Yardling football mentor but he was appointed backfield coach on the Varsity staff at the beginning of last season. He also has coached lacrosse and Freshman basketball...
That rounds out the Harvard coaching staff for the present, but very soon there may be another vacacy to fill. Skip Stahley, Dick Harlow's backfield tutor, has the inside track on the Brown coaching job vacated by Tuss McLaughry earlier this week. Stahley has been waiting for a suitable head coaching offer for a year. If he leaves this winter, the announcement will be made soon because Harvard authorities will need time to shop around for a new backfield coach...
...bone-crushing Texas Aggies tackle the bone-crushing Fordham Rams. The Aggies had Jarrin' John Kimbrough, who was reportedly offered $37,500 last week to turn professional next year with the upstart New York Yankees. The Rams had no Kimbrough, but they had a better backfield, a better line. After outplaying the Farmers for two periods, the Rams were caught napping, watched the Texans score one touchdown, then another, to win the game by one point...
...quiet Junior was the iron man of the backfield this fall, playing 434 out of 480 minutes and excelling as a safety man and pass defender. His coach, Dick Harlow, describes him as "a cool little rooster and a man to rely on when the chips are down." He has a record of being Johnny-on-the-spot with a timely tackle or run in his football career at Cambridge...
Fred Lane of the American: "Harvard of course, 21 to 7. Look at the Crimson showing since the first of November. While the backfield is a toss-up, the Crimson line is sixty per cent better. The whole team is stronger and smarter...