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...addition to the four quarter backs, Coach Arnold Horween '20 has ten backfield men at his disposal this year. All of them are fast, most of them are tough, the kind of backs which can stand a lot of hammering, and more than half of them are competent kickers as well as ball carriers. J. P. Crosby '28, A. E. French '29, and David Guarnaccia '29 are the only members of this backfield squad who have had previous University experience, but, in the opinion of this writer at least, they will find themselves hard pressed to hold down their positions...
...then Coach Horween has J. V. Hitch '30, G. C. Holbrook '30, T. T. Mason '30, and W. R. Harper '30, a quartet of hard, speedy runners from last year's Freshman team, to draw on in forming his backfield combinations. In recent years the most successful offensives have been built around two, or, in some cases three, sets of high class backs which have been almost equal in strength and versatility. A glance at the array of backs mentioned above indicates the possibility of such a situation at Harvard this year. Let us consider the various backfield combinations...
Crosby, Guarnaccia, and Burns comprise the team A backfield which Coach Horween has announced as his starting choice for this afternoon's encounter with Vermont. A second combination composed of Moore, fullback, and French, Donaghy and Hitch alternating at the halfback positions possess almost all the qualities of the first and look capable of rivalling it in action...
...more the experts mull the matter over the more gloomy they become. They can see no way out, unless--and this has been darkly and secretly whispered in almost every gridiron circle this fall--Coach Arnold Horween '20 is going to develop a quarterbackless team. The assumption is that the team would be probably directed by some veteran lineman, while an experienced half back fulfilled the purely physical duties of the quarterback...
...fall on account of an injured knee, stepped into the University backfield in yesterday's house and a quarter battle between regular and scrubs and on his first attempt a carrying the ball broke away for a 4 yard run. It was the third consecutive day that Coach Arnold Horween '20 has treated his Crimson-jerseyed charges to a taste of scrimmage and as yet no serious injuries are reported for any member of the squad...