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...center, Holy Cross has 202-pound Jim Deffley, playing his third year as varsity pivotman, and highly regarded by Crusader followers for his vicious tackling. The left guard is Hank Beaulieu, 196 pounds of muscular energy. His running mate on the other side of the line, Jim Reilly, weighs 189 pounds...
Jack Fisher '45, center, came from Andover to captain last year's Yardling eleven. Rangy and strong, he needs a bit of seasoning before he can be considered a top-notch pivotman...
...difficulty which has been felt all this winter is the glaring lack of good centers. Dave Eaton and Skip Ervin departed via the diploma route last June to leave the first two pivot positions wide open. To make matters worse, Bob Cox, third string center, and Johnny Paine, Freshman pivotman last year, were both kept off the ice by scholastic probation until this week, when both were released...
Dick Harlow also juggled two other positions on his first and second team lineups yesterday. Most significant was the temporary shift at right end which saw Sophomore John Morgan playing in place of Joe Koufman. Koufman went down to the second string with pivotman Lone Star Dietz, who was replaced by Burgy Ayres...
...team line, the switch of Ted Lyman, last year's Freshman captain, from blocking back to center has bolstered the center position considerably. Lyman and Grover alternated in the scrimmage. Ayres' 60-minute play convinced Harlow that he would need more reserve material to case the burden on his pivotman. It is possible that if Lyman shows substantial improvement, he will seriously threaten Ayres' possession of the center post...