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...rest of the line-up remains unchanged, with Rod Perkins and Don Geeson at end, Jim Waterhouse and Bob Merrill, at tackle, Gibby King and Jed Goldberg at guard, Ed Donovan at cen- ter, Wally Trumbull at blocking back, and Dick Warren at wingback...
...Tufts eleven, the two men to watch are Charlie Fortin and Chick Rutter. Wingback Fortin is the most powerful runner on the team and an excellent left-handed passer, while Rutter, the left half, is the Jumbos' best broken-field runner, as well as a deadly passer...
Besides these losses to the Navy, Wally Mroz, first-string guard, is on the injured list, and will be replaced by Earle Winters, while second-string end Frank Holt has been drafted. In other line-up shifts, Ray Eder has regained the wingback post, although Dick Warren will probably see almost as much action as Eder, and Don Geeson has nosed out Tom Haymond at left...
...offense, the visitors used a modified T differing from the Harlow-Lamar model only in that the wingback was close to the fullback, instead of off behind the end. And on the defence, the looping lines and shifting formations were reminiscent of Dick Harlow at his most ingenious...
This makes a somewhat lopsided T, since there is no one to balance the tailback. It is very similar to the single-wing, differing only in that the wingback is on the line with the fullback and tailback, instead of being right up on the end's heels. The advantage in shifting him back is that on reverses from the single wing he has to run away from the line of scrimmage to get the ball before cutting upfield to gain yardage, whereas now he avoids this backward motion...