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...Wingback Cleo O'Donnell, elected captain of the Varsity eleven on Wednesday night, was elevated to the "A" team yesterday, as Coach Dick Harlow sent his squad through its last long workout before the season opener against Connecticut on Saturday...
...news of the day came after practice, of course, when Cleo O'Donnell was re-elected to the captaincy he never served. Another announcement from the HAA disclosed that Torby MacDonald, '39 flash and captain and now in his last year in the Law School, will assist Henry Lamar as a backfield coach of the Freshman team; a George Hibbard, another former great, will also help with the Yardlings...
...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...
...stands now it will be either Gannon or Flynn, with Cleo playing plenty during the game but not starting. In either case Harlow will have a strong man at the position. Gannon is a southpaw passer, and Flynn, who won his freshman letter in '42, starred last year until just before the Yale game, when an injury put him out of action...
Among those expected on Tuesday who were vacationing this summer or just out of service are Cleo O'Donnell, fleet scatback who was elected captain of the squad after the 1942 season, but joined the Marines before leading any Harlow squad in action: center Jack Fisher, guard Nick Rrodis, triple-threat back Ralph Petrillo, and several other Sept. 28 Connecticut...