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...wide publicity given Pitt's freshmen rebellion, football fans observed with special interest last week's game between Pitt and Penn State, For those who feared this may be the last of the great Pitt football teams under Coach Jock Sutherland (three of the famed "dream backfield" men are seniors) there was some solace in the brilliant performance of Halfback Dick Cassiano, lone junior of the harmonious quartet. Almost singlehanded, he scored three touchdowns, all on spectacular open-field runs that went a long way toward blasting an exceptionally good Penn State team...
Further honor was gained by Cliff Wilson '39, defensive backfield ace, and Ken Booth '39, Varsity tackle for the last two years, who were given posts on the second and third teams respectively...
...their most formidable opponent of the year, last week. But against Cornell's stonewall line, Dartmouth met its Waterloo. In one of the most exciting games of the week, a great Cornell team reminiscent of the days of George Pfann and Eddie Kaw, bottled up the famed Dartmouth backfield trio of MacLeod, Hutchinson and Howe, handed Earl Blaik's Green team its first defeat (14-10-7) in two years and laid claim to the mythical Ivy League championship...
...addition to the Crimson shirts, the "red-bellies" wore the Harvard starters' numbers. But today the "Harvards" were working with more than usual aplomb. Al Wilson, in the second backfield, was running wild and Fred Burr looked particularly potent as the Harvard hurler...
Dunster placed its lone representative in the person of Red Balley to round out the backfield in the fullback post. Bailey, besides being a driving line-bucker, is an excellent kicker. Thus the backfield presents a well-rounded array with a good blocker, an accurate passer, an elusive quarter, and a good linebucker and kicker. CRIMSON ALL-HOUSE FOOTBALL SELECTIONS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Player House Position Player House P. R. Wentworth '39 Kirkland l.e. l.e., H. Daughaday, Jr. Winthrop W. L. Healy, Jr. '41 Dudley, l.t. l.t., E. M. Maisel '40 Adams S. S. Binnian '40 Winthrop...