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...lettermen are back but they saw only very limited action last season because Little stuck almost exclusively to his first string eleven. There will be five sophomores on tomorrow's offensive lineup and five more on the defensive brigade...
...first item of note is the list of lettermen lost by graduation. It is a short list, including two firststringers and only six other squad members. This seems more than overbalanced by 25 (twenty-five) returning lettermen from 1948, two lettermen from 1947, seven non-lettermen from last fall, 20 "leading" candidates from the freshman team, and "some other candidates (8)," a category including four transfers, two freshmen from 1947, a member of last season's B squad, and a non-letterman varsity player...
Schwartz expressed concern (through the medium of the release) over the tackle, guard, and fullback spots. Apparently De Young's neat average is marred by youth or inexperience or some other unannounced shortcoming. At tackle, the two starters are back; "Reserves, reserves," means Schwartz. There are only two lettermen at the guard slots, one of whom was a starter in 1948. However, two squad members and four freshmen might help out a little here; and as for substitute tackles, there are four freshmen and three asserted varsity players scrapping for the chance to back up their friends in those positions...
Coach Bobby Coombs has several sophomores in his lineup, although there are ten lettermen on the squad. He claims he is still experimenting and has not had enough time to fashion a winning combination...
...Cornell and Army will be tops in the East," stated Valpey, and he gave three reasons for his choice: 1) both teams have large numbers of returning lettermen; 2) their schedules allow for three "breather" games, contests in which the coaches may regroup and experiment; and 3) Cornell has tremendous team speed and Army has depth and considerable speed...