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There are plenty of towels of all shapes and sizes at Soldiers Field these days, but you won't find any of the crying variety. That's why Coach Valpey refuses to discuss the seven Sophomores who played first string Freshman ball last fall and have now dropped out of the picture...
...Briefly, Valpey has a strong end corps, headed by Sophomore Bob DiBlasio; a potential all-American tackle in Howie Houston (he was included this month on several national all-American listings); four evenly-matched centers; and a flock of adequate backs...
Time. That's one of the handicaps Harvard must overcome. The practice clock is running out, and the Varsity is still more or less in fundamentals. "We're never going to get fancy until we have precision," warns Valpey. Pitchouts and end-arounds will presumably have to wait until the single-wing fundamentals are polished to gem-like brilliancy...
Fullbacks Chip Gannon, Paul Shafer, and Sam Adams will have to spin with their eyes closed before the more intricate plays can be worked in. "We're a little behind schedule on offense," Valpey reports, "although we may know our fundamentals better than some of the other Ivy colleges...
...Coach Valpey himself supervised play from the sidelines in a T-shirt and slacks, even though visibility was so bad that observers huddled in the press-box could hardly see the field of play through the murk. Coach Valpey has a word for all this: "fire." It's a word that will be heard often on Soldiers Field this fall...