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Kirkland and Dunster smashed back and forth in the first half with Kirkland's heavy line stopping their opponents' small backfield at every turn. Johnny Addington, Deacon fullback, was the only real offensive strength Kirkland could produce to compete with George Varn, Dunster halfback, who ran thirty-two yards for the longest run of the game...
...tussle for the fourth backfield position is still undecided with Mort Waldstein, who has been playing the spot for the last two practices, ruled a slight favorite over Bill Brown...
Forest Evashevski, captain and one-man gang of Wolves, is Harmon's pathfinder extraordinary. Crimson ends and tackles will feel his blocking touch in the Stadium Saturday. A third member of the Michigan backfield is pile-driving Bob Westfall, the fullback. If Senior halfback Paul Kremer gets a definite medical okay, Coach Crisler will be able to field one of the best backfields of all time. It's useless to try and concoct new superlatives for Harmon; just try to imagine him as a combination of all the others. He is just as elusive as Dartmouth's little Ted Arice...
Kirkland House, which lost its star back, Roy Moore, and a good share of its line through graduation, nevertheless hopes to pull through this year by pinning its aspirations on the strength of numbers. Chuck Griffith and Jack Addington are the mainstays of the Deacon backfield...
...stronger team than last year sparked by fine spirit is the forecast Dick Harlow makes for his 1940 Crimson grid machine the day before its first game of the year. There is no climax runner among, the starting backfield quartet, and line reserves are still a problem, but the first team, weighing in at 188 pounds from tackle to tackle, will give a good account of itself...