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Berkeley downed Branford in the playoff game between the victors in the North and South leagues. Berkeley's Tom Neff plunged through the line for both scores while backfield star Sandy Sulger set them up with long end runs...
Charlie Cabot directs the team from his quarterback position, with Riley Gilbert, John McNamara, and Fred Rhinelander rounding out the T backfield. Gilbert and McNamara are both heavyweights, and Rhinelander is fast. Dick Heintz comes in on defense, and Stove Goodhue, Tom Derr, Fred Fortmiller, Steve Kurzman, and Henry Greenburg are backfield reserves...
Princeton's first string backfield, which played only 15 minutes against Harvard, was in the game until the closing minutes and the Tigers gained a total of 454 yards; their Harvard total was 559. Harvard and Yale gained about the same amount of yardage against Princeton although the Crimson had a 50-yard advantage in passing and the Eli's 60-yard bulge in rushing...
Furthermore, Zitrides had lost eight of 11 backfield lettermen. He still had reliable veterans at quarterback (Walt Pastuzak) and fullback (Leon Beaulieu), but the halfback crop was so lean that Zitrides had to move end Bob MacConnell into the backfield. MacConnell has looked fairly good so far at right halfback. He does most of Brown's punting, and has averaged 38.7 yards a try, good enough to place him fifth in the Eastern Football Association...
Eliot, undefeated in two years, will boast the backfield running of Riley Gilbert and John MacNamara. Charles Cabot will quarterback and do the passing for the Elephant aerial attack...