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These injuries have resulted in a surprise shake-up in the backfield. Usually reliable sources indicate that Yovicsin has been working All-Ivy fullback Bill Grana in the left halfback slot in secret sessions. If this is the case, Fred Bartl, who was encouraging in the Lehigh encounter, will start at fullback...
Harvard got nowhere after the kick-off, and King soon had his Engineers marching again. Halfback slashes at the line and two successful passes brought the visitors to the Harvard nine. Then Clark spun around right end to the seven, where Bill Grana was waiting with a hard tackle. Clark dropped the ball and Dick Diehl fell on it eagerly...
Quarterback Mike Bassett and his friends went to work. Calling his plays with precision, Bassett directed Grana, Scott Harshbarger, Bill Taylor, and himself into the thin Lehigh line for large chunks of yardage. A pass to Taylor added 16 yards, and a Lehigh personal foul penalty put the ball...
Moving well on an option, Bassett proceeded to the one and then sent Grana across for the touchdown. Taylor took another handoff and wriggled over for two extra points...
...back stationed inside a split, or wide, end. This is ordinarily a passing formation, as the wingback and the wide end can both break downfield and overload the secondary defenses. To make it work, though, you need a good line and a good blocking fullback to protect the passer. Grana is up to the fullback blocking; the question is whether or not the line is ready for such assignments. Yovicsin said the Crimson will probably run as well as pass off this formation...