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This is a real problem. Munro has directed his players to slow the game down and have all ten men moving forward together. When play reaches the penalty zone, the halfback or inside should slip a pass between the backs toward the goal and, hopefully, the wings and insides will crash through and get off a shot...
Yale, under new head coach Hubert Vogelsinger, unveiled a frighteningly strong four-fullback, three-halfback defense which held Army, NCAA semifinalist for three years running, to a 2-2 overtime tie Saturday. And Dartmouth, traditionally a defensive team, showed that it hasn't changed in a narrow 2-1 loss to Middlebury...
Colgate quarterback Ron Burton and halfback Marva Hubbard carried the ball on all but two plays gainst Cornell. The 160-pound Burton, unbelievably, carried the ball himself on all but three occasions in the second half...
Amherst's three fullbacks are an experienced unit, and it was their interaction as much as their individual ability which stopped the Harvard forwards. In addition Amherst often dropped a halfback back to form an impregnable four-some between Harvard and the Lord Jeff goalie...
Anchoring the halfback line is Chris Nielsen, a hustler billed as Amherst's most spectacular performer. Behind him Amherst uses a three-back defense similar to that installed by Harvard Coach Bruce Munro this year...