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Scarlet uniforms, bullet passes, and double flanker formations New Jersey style will be seen once again in the Stadium this afternoon. Rutgers' wing-footed athletes are making their second appearance in Cambridge, starting at two o'clock...
Tall Tex Furse was the beginning of those. Running out of T with endless variations, Quarterback Furse threw where the opponents were not but his receiver precisely was. Time after time one end would line up as a wide right flanker, the back in motion would dart out to the left, and the other end would get the ball hard in the middle of his stomach ten yards in front of the center. After that began to bore, Furse lateraled to one of the flankers for a little variety...
Furse was the key of the attack on all fronts. He called his plays like a machine, rolling them out in an endless variety based on a few simple propositions. With himself as the continuous passing threat, Furse could hurl to a flanker, flip a Harmon lateral to the wing or tallback, hand off to Nadherny, or--and this is his most devasting weapon--leap in the air after a count of one or two or three and explode the ball over the center of the line...
Again in the third quarter the Bunnies came close, blocking a Kirkland punt and taking over on the 20, but four plays failed to advance the ball. The final frame was marked by frantic Leverett attempts to complete forward passes mingled with runs from the famous Bunny triple-flanker formation, but Kirkland held fast and was driving deep into enemy territory as the game ended, following another interception on the 30 by the omnipresent Bell...
Harlow's defensive nets and networks will be even more complicated for Saturday's game because of the additional schemes which must be formed in order to stop the T formation, flanker, and short punt offenses of the Bruin attack...