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Providing running threats in Columbia's well-balanced attack will be fullback Tom O'Connor and halfbacks Russ Warren and Tom Haggerty. All three men average about five yards per carry against three Ivy teams, O'Connor leading with 5.9. Warren leads the team with four touchdowns and has been instrumental in the Lions' impressive average of 27 points per game for three outings...
...Edge of Sadness, O'Connor...
...Vasell, one of the league's leading passers, is first string quarterback for the third consecutive season. Already this year, he has completed 21 out of 35 passes for a near-600 percentage, 263 yards, and one TD. Behind him is running strength in halfbacks Tom O'Connor and Russ Warren, who have logged over 180 yards apiece on the ground for averages of 5.9 and 4.5 yards per carry, respectively...
...crack with a total of 74 yards in 15 attempts. Haggerty received a minor injury in the Yale game, and was relieved by a "new" find, Al Butts, who scored the Lions' one TD against Yale. Donelli was so pleased with Butts' performance that he plans to bench O'Connor--averaging about six yards per carry(!)--so that Butts can start against Harvard...
...leaves the backfield with less depth than over at halfback. Presently, three of the top six halfbacks are players who had no football experience last year. Sophomore speedster Jim Leath, second string left half behind Boone, and John Damis, third string, sat out last year--as did sophomore Dave Connor, third string right half behind Chuck Reed and Scott Harshbarger...