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WILLIAM H. STARBUCK...
With sports out of the question, Gregory landed a part as Starbuck in a college production of Moby Dick. In this first try at acting he was so terrible that self-respect forced him to try again. In the next plays, he was better. By the time he played Matt in the drama club's Anna Christie, he knew what he wanted. He could not even wait five days to pick up his diploma, he was in such a hurry to reach Broadway...
According to the late reports from the Blue camp both of these problems have been satisfactorily solved. The solution of the first involves Bill Starbuck, success-story Sentor, whom Pond has selected to start in the first backfield as blocking back tomorrow. Up to two weeks ago, Starluck was a little-known understudy for Captain Bill Stack at center, and for this very reason his appearances in games had been few and brief...
...recent practices he has shown that he has a valuable contribution to make as a dependable blocking back. The veteran Hank Wood, and Fred Kieckhefer, a Sophomore who came up from the Junior Varsity to face Brown is this capacity, will be ready to take over should Starbuck not be up to scratch against John Harvard...
This will leave a powerful set of reserves to fill in. The second line-up is: Huffard, Boxton, Zilly and Seabury ends, John and Taylor tackles, Hemingway and Charlie Miller guards, Starbuck and Willard centers, and Humphrey, Wilson, Burr and Whiteman backs. The whole squad is in good fighting form, and they seem to have the old do-or-die attitude to the last degree...