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...fullback it will be Captain-elect Vince Moravec holding down the A-team honors in all probability. The improvement of Moravec during the '46 season into a really hard-hitting, bruising ball-carrier was one of the most notable aspects of the team, and Vin will also surprise the opposition from time to time with a quick-opening pass--a play he has almost mastered. Paul Shafer, who saw little action but much practice this year, and Freshman back Don Trimble will back up the fullback post...
Starting for the Varsity harriers will be captain-elect Frank Gurley, Huna Rosenfeld, John Cogan, Peter Morgan, Charles Worth, T. H. Walnut, Ray Brown, Peter Ways, Hal May, and Norn Murch...
...toughest fights on the squad has developed over the wingback slot. Early-bird prognosticators picked 1943 captain-elect Cleo O'Donnell for the job, which he ran from in 1942 before he want into the Marines, but it doesn't look as though Cleo is going to get the starting nod from Harlow. Until a week ago it looked like a battle royal between O'Donnell and newcomer Tommy Gannon, who had never played college football before--with Gannon holding a slight edge. Then Leo Flynn muddied the situation even further by blazing a flashy trail across the practice fields...
...backfield, however, lacks the playing experience of the forward wall. '43 captain-elect Cleo O'Donnell is expected to re-enter College in June, and will probably share the wingback duties with Leo Flynn next fall. These two, however, are the only pre-war veterans who will be available...
Cowen, now definitely captain-elect, comes from a family of Harvard football players. His father, Rawson Cowen, Sir., made the team in 1915; his brother Tom played in the backfield of the 1942 squad, last Crimson aggregation to meet Yale until this year's eleven...