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Kopp will probably give the nod to the same quintet that trounced Burdett in its opener and went down before the Brockton YMCA five Wednesday night. John Altrocchi and Bill Mobraaten will line up in the forward posts with Dick Covey and Chuck Brynteson covering the guard positions and Frank Lionette at center. Lanky Pat Dailey will see part time action in the pivot post, while John Goldsmith and Dave McGiffert will get a chance to fill in at the forward slots...
Crimson coach Bill Barclay will start the same unit which got the nod against M.I.T. Wednesday night, but the 31 year old mentor plans further position-shifting experiments within his guard-rich but forward-poor squad to determine how to field his five best players simultaneously...
...other forward berth, an open battle for starting nod rages between Clif Crosby, ex-Jayvee who has grown two inches since last year, and Walt McCurdy, voted most valuable player in the Navy for his outstanding work with the Iowa Seahawks, naval national champions...
Backfield power is the dominant factor in this year's all-House team. Eliot's T-quarterback Dave McGiffert, who sparked the high-scoring Mastodone all season with his ballhandling and deadeye passing, rates the nod under the center. Running in the halfback slots are Bob Zimmerman, sparkplug of second-place Leverett, and Austie Lyne of Eliot. Both these men ranked as top offensive threats. Lyne's scatback running and Zimmerman's passing standing out. At the fullback slot on the first squad is Bob Lyndblatt of Adams, whose line smashes as well as defensive prowess drew praise from Intramural...
Lord Mountbatten, Governor General of the Dominion of India, got the royal nod from his cousin, George VI, on his selection of titles to go with his new earldom (TIME, Aug. 25). Henceforth, it was announced in London, he will be known as Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey of Romsey...