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Battered, canny little Willie Pep, one of the shiftiest boxers in ring history and featherweight champion (except for three months) through the past eight years, figured that at the advanced fighting age of 28 he had learned all the tricks of his trade. A fast man on his feet and a fairly sharp puncher, he could also wrestle, gouge and butt with the best of them. Last week, nonetheless, Harlem's 24-year-old Sandy Saddler taught Willie a few new holds...
Moeser, one of the shiftiest. Tiger ends of recent years, has played at end on the university team for the past two years, and was one of the brightest luminaries on his Freshman eleven two years...
...team. Miller is heavy and exceptionally fast, but this fall he failed to make the best possible use of his speed. Hammond's kicking alone makes him essential for the remaining place in the backfield. Zarakov will certainly be used to advantage, as he is considered one of the shiftiest backs to enter college in several years. He may very likely occupy something the position that Neidilinger of Yale did this year; that is, he may be used as a powerful scoring threat in the latter part of a game. Other backs who may develop into valuable men are Maher...
...Owen '23 and Humphrey are favored for defense players. The former seems potentially one of the shiftiest cover-points the Crimson has had, but both will profit immensely by the personal instruction dealt out by Alfred Winsor '05, who was assisting at practice again yesterday...