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...starts at right guard with rocky Emil Drvaric. Dvaric is one of those linemen that gives you migraine headaches when he's on the other team. In the scrimmage against B. U. last week, Emil spent an alarming amount of time in the Terrier's backfield. He ended up with a sprained ankle, from which he is expected to recover before Saturday's opener, although he was on crutches last week. Drvaric was an all-scholastic guard for two years running out in Milwaukee; his only collegiate competition was on the freshman team at Wisconsin for a year...
...injury that will keep him on the bench for at least half the season; Harlow lost his other would-be starter, Howie Houston, for least two weeks with another leg injury. In an effort to boister the tackle positions, Harlow has moved in a variety of other linemen to fill the gap, with former guards Eddle Davis and Ned Dewey looming as starters. Both Davis and Dewey are experienced linemen, with the former a regular on the '44 eleven and Dewey a 1945 player. Behind these 200-plus-pounders Harlow has another ex-quard, Mal Allen, and heavyweight Ken Middendorf...
...double-shift was the most famous example of the last. Based on the revised ruling that a team was offside the minute one of its linemen moved ahead of the ball, regardless of whether there was any play, it drew five-yard penalties from more than one angry team. A powerhouse Pennsylvania team would itself up and then down one afternoon in 1942 trying to catch up with Harlow and the double-shift. Dick always refused to admit, of course, that the shift was designed to pull the opposition offside...
There is not the depth at the tackle post that can be found among the ends at present, but Harlow may switch linemen in other heavily-stocked categories to that slot. Willo Fisher, another returnee from the '42 eleven, will probably be used at tackle, as may his brother Rollo, and the presence of three Fisher boys on the squad (Jack, of course, is slated for action on the Crimson line) is as good an indication as any that things are somewhat normal on the local football front...
...carefully considered bids got him nearly everything he needed: fast linemen to brush-block and scat downfield, blazing fast halfbacks, a blocking fullback and, above all, a sleight-of-hand quarterback. Greasy got a few name players and a lot of unknowns who had what he wanted...