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Another department where speed shows is in punt runbacks. The average Cornell runback was nearly 17 yards, the opposition's average a pawky 12. It takes fast linemen to get down and make the blocks and fast halfbacks to carry the ball for a team to compile an average of just under 17 yards per return...
...answer lies primarily in team speed. Cornell seldom lost much because the backfield speed usually got the ball back to the line of scrimmage even if there was no opening at that point...
...good football team becomes great only by playing opponents which force it to exploit all its resources. Cornell's schedule shows no very tough games, except perhaps against Pennsylvania, now that both Army and Navy are off the list, which leaves the team in the tragic position of being merely very good instead of great...
Only the incurable optimists in the crowd will be looking for a Harvard victory today, but everybody can expect some mighty fine football when the home season opens at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Cornell, a team which is rated first in the East and among the top ten in the nation, will provide the opposition, and if speed, depth, and coordination mean anything it could make a messy homecoming for the Crimson...
Coach Poly Guyda's untried freshman soccer team opens its campaign this afternoon on the Business School Field against Tabor Academy...