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...Although before the war Varsity lettermen not only had to carry the ball on the field, but also had to lead cheers, the cheerleading is now done solely by separate students," he said. Last spring the undergraduate Athletic Council and the H.A.A. decided that the job of cheerleading assumed by the students during the war should be continued if student interest remained...
...Varsity lettermen may have to lead the cheers again if student interest continues to decline at the present rate." Spear warned, adding that "only six cheerleaders were needed for this fall...
...thing, there are many familiar faces on Soldiers Field from three Successful Crimson teams of last year. A Varsity which won seven of nine games has returned 20 lettermen, including the outstanding halfback threat Thomas (Chip) Gannon, who runs best to port and hurls passes lefthanded. There is six-foot-three 200-pound plunging fullback Captain Vince Moraveo who averaged six yards a line buck in one contest last fall when a three-yard plunge for a touchdown brought his average down, and whose virtual loss from the Yale game with an Injury was a mortal blow to the team...
...harder hit. Gone are star tackles Eddie Davis and Ned Dewey and outstanding center and the line-backer Jack Fisher, and these men will be hard to replace. Candidates for the tackle positions are speedy Howie Houston, 215-pound Chester Pierce, Ron Garvey, and Dean Markham from among the lettermen, Doug Bradlee and Alan Stone from the class of '50, and big John Gorczynski, a transfer from Pitt and St. Louis University who was ineligible last year...
Meanwhile, R. Sibley (The Cat) Ludendorf, playing manager of the CRIMSON's high-flying nine, declined to name a starting hurler from among the 23 veterans of last year's aggregation which eked out 23-2 win over the 'Poon. "I hear they have only two lettermen back," he chuckled confidently. "And you know what that means...