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Coach Lloyd Jordan indicated that his big problem Saturday is to stop pass receiver and seatback Zipper Thompson; Jordan called him "a great back," in a class with Bob Mercier of Columbia, Homer Smith of Princeton, and Lou Turner of Dartmouth...
Besides two good ends, Carr has an able receiver in the backfield. He is slight Bob Mercier, a half who stands only five foot six and weighs but 155. Two seniors complete the starting backfield, and all have performed adequately in the Lions' first three games, although Columbia's ground attack admittedly isn't strong. One is stocky Ken Krebs, who until this season played guard. Little, however, has shifted the 200-pounder to fullback. The other is halfback Max Pirner, a defensive half last year, seeing his first varsity experience on offense...
Dartmouth halfback Russ Smale, and speedy, reminded many in the stands of Columbia's Bob Mercier. Smale, a five-foot-nine, 170 pounder, gained 85 yards in 20 attempts Saturday, most of them by twisting and dodging...
...units partook of a vigorous scrimmage session, with the offensive team running plays against a J.V. defense, and the defensive eleven, still looking to bottle up Columbia passer Mitch Price and his speedy running mate, Bob Mercier, tested itself against a J.V. team using Columbia play variations...
Besides Mitchell Price, acknowledged to be possibly the best passer in the East, the only other Lion offensive threat to draw newspaper notice was halfback Bob Mercier. Because they operate from different styles of offense, it is difficult to make exact comparisons, but Dick Clasby and John Culver may be said to balance off this pair. And that's not counting reserve fullback Jerry Blitz, who showed extremely well against Springfield, and wingback John Ederer, who had not yet hit his stride last Saturday...