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Mainstays of the Kirkland backfield should be ex-jayvee players "Slug" Dolan and "Chick" Nelson, both quarterbacks. The Commuters, who let loose a powerful passing attack in their scrimmage against Leverett Monday, show a heavy line and backfield. Their tackle, Frank Leahy, weighs...
...first two units were sent to the showers about half an hour earlier than usual; then Jordan scrimmaged the third team against Norm Shepard's jayvees. Sophomore Hardy Cox quarterbacked the third string backfield of halfbacks Ron Noonan and Bob Ray and fullback Bob Peters. Dick Duback also did a good deal of running with this offensive unit...
Perhaps "preparing" is the wrong word. Yesterday's practice was a typical example of the rigorous schedule the jayvees go through. It started at 4 p.m. with the linemen working out against each other and the backfield having a ball-handling drill. After about an hour. Coach Norm Shepard yelled, "Okay!" The players put on their fiercest expressions and ran over to the varsity practice field, where they played defense against various teams until...
...team to crush a good Coast team. A poor one cannot do it, especially on the Coast. Washington made the huge Minnesota line (average weight from end to end: 215 pounds) look like hippopotami in quicksand, while an excellent runner named Hugh McElhenny ran rings around a green defensive backfield...
...scrimmage was aimed at perfecting offensive assignments against one Cornell defense. Tom Ossman replaced West and ran with Carroll Lowenstein, Dave Warden, and Phil Isenberg in the number one backfield. The offensive line included Paul Crowley and Hank Rate, ends; John Nichols and Nick Culolias, tackles; Jerry Kanter and Bill Rosenau, guards; and Buddy Lemay, center...