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With at least three players whom Crimson coach John Yovicsin calls "among the best in the East," the Bruins have perhaps the most unheralded collection of talent in the Ivy League. Quarterback Frank Finney is the league's leading passer (outshining even Cornell's Tom Skypeck last week) and a good runner as well. Don Warburton--captain, center, and linebacker--is Brown's mainstay on defense, and 205-1b. Paul Choquette, a fullback who combines a juggernaut charge with surprising speed, rounds out this deadly up-the-middle combination...
...Brown's backfield, which flanks stars like Finney and Choquette with two excellent halfbacks--John McTigue and Bob Carlin--has been rated the finest in the Ivy League by Yovicsin. It appears clearly to outclass the varsity's starting backfield, which for the first time this season includes three sophomores: Charlie Ravenel, Bruce MacIntyre, and Larry Repsher. On the strength of this advantage, the Bruins have to be conceded one-touchdown favorites...
...Crimson lineup comes not from an injury, but from the surprisingly sudden rise of Bruce MacIntyre to take over Chet Boulris' starting spot at left halfback. Boulris, usually one of the best runners on the team, was certainly below par in last week's Princeton game, and Yovicsin said yesterday that MacIntyre's showing in past games had simply earned him better overall marks than Boulris...
...season, will replace Lawson at right half, and Don Gerety is also likely to see action at this position. Yovicsin yesterday labeled Gerety "the best pass receiver on the team," and he may well be used to bolster the Crimson's attack...
Though he does not plan to make his starting lineup until Friday, Yovicsin said that he plans no changes in the line...