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Behind Humphrey is a solid backfield consisting of halfbacks Jim Groninger and Court Shevelson, and fullback Don Barrows. None is as spectacular a performer as Leo or Grant, but they are good ball-players. Shevelson, a 5-9 sophomore, has gained 273 yards on 53 carries this year, a 5.1 yard average...
Against Princeton, Harvard's offense managed to sustain several drives entirely on the ground, even though the Tigets knew exactly what was coming. The Crimson starting backfield of John McCluskey, Wally Grant, Bobby Leo, and Tom Choquette has recovered from early-in-the-week ailments and should be going at full strength today...
...transition from high school to college required the star runner to concentrate on new aspects of football. "In high school, I just ran the ball," he says. "Here I work on all phases of the game, especially blocking." When his Needham backfield coach saw him play here, he was most impressed with Gatto's newfound blocking skill...
Gatto is willing to guess about his fate next year. With Bobby Leo, Pat Conway, and other experienced backs returning, he doesn't expect to rush much, but he hopes to run back kickoffs and punts. Gatto would be glad to roam the defensive backfield, but his lack of height might work against him there...
...there's Charley Gogolak, probably the most publicized football player in the country. The Hungarian-born soccer-style kicker has broken just about every national field goal kicking record. He has booted 15 this year (in 19 attempts) and has kicked 42 consecutive extra points from if the Princeton backfield were comprised of four basket cases, the Tigers would still have an effective offense with Gogolak...