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Built around a nucleus of seven returning lettermen from last year's eleven which placed third in New England Intercollegiate League competition, the squad will boast a strong half-back line including Captain Dave Ives at right-half and senior Bill Edger at center-half. Jack Penson, a junior, will be the starting goalie...
...losses were captain Howie Mendel, Arthur Page, George Hanford, James Rousmaniere, and Prentice Willetts who has not shown up yet although he still has one more year. To fill those gaps Coach Carr was relying on last year's Freshman strength. But with Al Merck, an outstanding Yearling half-back, and Joe Phelan, an equally brilliant '43 goalie, failing to come back, the problem is made all the more difficult...
Outstanding on the Holy Cross team are John Hanlon, star half-back on the football team, at first base, Bruno Malinowski, bruising full back and a heavy hitter in right field, and Alex Nahigian, also dangerous at the plate, in left field...
Most serious of the Green casualties is Jackie Orr, tough-fibred little half-back. If Orr is unfit for service, Blaik has but three good halfbacks to shoot into the fray--Hutchinson, Hayden, and Arico. In addition, if Krieger is drafted into backfield duty, the flank squad is left very thin. Whit Miller is the only veteran, and he may not be good for 60 minutes of play. Nissen and Kelley are the other wing operatives...
Harvard has supreme over Tufts all the way. The Crimson played a better combination game from start to finish, with the forwards and halfbacks showing real understanding. Hardenberg, left half-back and a former Cambridge University player, excelled for the Crimson, and one of the tallies...