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...second game of the afternoon a small-sized Winthrop eleven has the call over a fair-to-middling Bell Boy outfit. Comparatively green in experience, the Puritans are counting on their triple-threat back, Stan Durwood, to stack up the yardage against to Lowell defense...
Although the Harvard Varsity eleven faces its toughest schedule in years minus the services of Charlie Spreyer, first-string fullback who has been called by Uncle Sam, and Bud Waldstein and Stan Durwood, two capable reserves who went on pro after finals last year, the Crimson outlook is growing brighter day by day as Coach Dick Harlow whips a number of rapidly-improving Sophomores into shape as reserves, and a sheaf of men from the injured list return to active duty today...
...spite of the fact that he must groom his team for a schedule including such powerhouse aggregations as Penn, Cornell, Navy, and Dartmouth, the fates have been anything but kind to egg-hunter Dick Harlow and his staff. Not only Durwood, Spreyer, and Waldstein are lost to his current eleven, but the status of place-kick artist Hank Vander Eb, who get married on September 6, is doubtful. To add to this, 12 of the top 17 from last year's Yardling squad are scholastically ineligible...
Perhaps the most serious setback which the team is still recuperating from is the loss of halfback Charlie Spreyer who was "caught in the draft." There are other problems, however Hank Vander Eb, expert place kicker, is married, and his status is doubtful, while Juniors Mort Waldstein and Stan Durwood, both of whom had been counted on heavily, are not playing since they are both on probation...
Captain Franny Lee and George Heiden, first string backs, were in uniform but saw no action. Vern Miller was on the sidelines with a sprained knee, but Stan Durwood added a roseate hue to the tackle situation with his standout performance...