Word: light
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...injuries which came out of the Stanford game will affect Harvard's chances today as much as the critical end problem that game brought to light. Art Valpey has devoted most of his practice this week to drilling men in new offensive and defensive assignments and to filling gaps left last Saturday...
Fullback Leon Van Bellingham was the first backfield substitute last fall and is perhaps the squad's best runner. Sophomore halfback Don Kimtis was Columbia's leading ground-gainer last week. Jim Ward at left end is the Light Blue's most experienced lineman. Even the six lettermen on the squad saw very little action last season because Little choose to stick with his number one eleven most of the time...
What remains to be seem tomorrow is whether Little's sophomores gained enough experience from the game to make their presence felt. Harvard end coach Elmer Madar scouted the Light Blue last week and reported that Columbia is 20 percent better than the team which lost to the Crimson, 33 to 24, here last year...
During this ten-day period, the varsity football team will continue light practice with twice-daily medical examinations of all players. But it was believed that this ten-day diet of light drills would not allow the team enough heavy work to prepare for the Columbia game...
What about losing Cene Rossides, the great Light Blue back for three years? "Russell (now calling signals in the Little winged T) called plays very well, and ran the team capably. He is just about as good a passer as Rossides...