Word: wingback
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After the movies were over, Harlow explained why he has changed this year from the old single wingback to modified "T" formation...
...Wingback Ray Guild, in uniform for the second day, saw some contact work when team if scrimmaged a second Freshman group, but he has been out for so long that it should take some time to round into shape...
...wingback to tailback this year, and George Helden are the only men returning who saw heavy action for the Crimson in last year's tie game. Charley Spreyer, hard-running fullback, who had a great day last November against the Red and Blue, is now in the army, and Dick Harlow has been vainly combing the ranks of the Jayvees and new Sophomores trying to uncover another back who can possibly approach Spreyer's brilliance...
According to headlines in the Philadelphia papers, Jack Welsh will be definitely out of today's game due to a dislocated shoulder, but actually he probably would have played little of the game anyway. A Sophomore, wingback Joe Kane, has been coming go fast in the early season workouts that he probably would have held the starting berth even if Welsh was in perfect physical shape...
Blocking back George Heiden and tailback Franny Lee both went the stretch against Penn last year, and fullback Don McNicol played a short time in Charley Spreyer's position. The fourth member is wingback Gordy Lyle, who is up against the Mungermen for the first time. Harvard's backfield will average 177, three pounds less than the opposition...