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There are other problem for Olivar. One has been finding a place for Yale captain Joe Fortunato. Fortunato, a clever hard tackling linebacker last year just hasn't been able to make the transition to the game of one platoon. He isn't a shifty runner, and he can't play the line...
...Fortunato of Montclair, N. J., a light--165-pound--but effective linebacker, tonight was elected Yale's 1953 football captain. He succeeds Joe Mitinger of Grensburg...
...second honor to come to Fortunato today. Earlier, he and Ed Woodsum, ace end, were awarded the New Haven Gridiron Club prize as the best Yale football players who performed in the Yale Bowl during the 1952 campaign...
...Fortunato, the linebacker, made almost every tackle that Mitinger missed last week, Fortunato played a fine game against Harvard last year as a sophomore--making one costly mistake, when he was trapped on John Ederer's 87-yard run. Only 165 pounds, he diagnoses plays well, moves quickly, and keeps his feet exceptionally well, and keeps his feet exceptionally well, and is one of the main reasons for Yale's strong defense. Bill Hopewell, almost unseeded at the season's start, plays the other linebacker post, though not nearly so well...
...probably starting lineups: HARVARD YALE Kennedy le Smith Frate lt Ashton McDowell lg Golden Coolidge c Lemire Picard rg Polich (C) Simonds rt Prentiss Popell re Benninghoff Caimi qb Fortunato Clasby (C) lhb Schears Tulenko rhb Richey Culver or O'Donnell fb Ralston