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Before the game Del Monte was a 5-to-1 favorite to win. Unbeaten in four starts, it was rated the strongest service eleven in the U.S. The backfield alone was good enough for any professional team: "Passing Paul" Christman of Missouri, Fordham's Len Eshmont, Ohio State's Jim McDonald, Parker Hall of Mississippi and the Cleveland Rams. Right end was 225-lb. Ed Cifers, All-America from Tennessee; left end was another All-America, Bowden Wyatt of Mississippi...
...Eshmont, the former Fordham flash, was the individual star of the game and Harvard's nemesis. It was his two passes which set up the game's first touchdown, and it was his 28 yard vamp scarcely four minutes later that scored the second tally...
...matter of fact, so tricky was the defense devised by Harlow that without Eshmont it is probable that the Cadets would not have been able to make any ground at all through the Harvard line. With the possible exception of big Joe Martin, hard-driving fullback on last year's Cornell squad, none of the Cadet backs could solve the five, six and seven man line defenses which Harlow threw against them. And time and time again the Crimson linemen were able to charge through and break up the Pre-Flight plays before they could even get started...
...Zwiezynski," he sneezed. ("Gudaitis"--Ed.) Stovall the ways to Maack myself look foolish. It a Pierce to me that there will be plenty of Blood and Gauer spread around this afternoon. But Eshmont no questions about it; I hope my Mallett me go. She's nice, Anderson is a Economos major...
Three of the players who helped Fordham to win a 2-0 victory over Missouri in the Sugar Bowl last year will be on the navy squad: star tailback Len Eshmont, end Vince Dennery, and tackle Hudacek...