A Veteran Line
Of course, the line is very well set. The line is one of the main reasons why Jack Cannell decided to put on his shift plays this year. For three years Dartmouth has been waiting for such a line, a forward wall which will not have to drill day after day in the simplest of fundamentals, but a group of fellows who have experience enough to apply themselves to more complicated things.
They are all old faces. Harold Mackey and Ward Donner enter their third year of varsity football, and no one can forget the punt-blocking exploits over the course of the season. There is Jack Trost, honored with the starting assignment in several major games. And they're concentrating on the ends this year, for during the first couple of weeks they had no less than three former stars—Harold Booma, Stan Yudicky and Harry Litzenberger—coaching this group, not only in getting down under punts, but in pass catching as well. Donner is a much improved player, and he looks to be one of the East's finest.
Tackles? Remember the sophomore pair who stepped into the Yale game last year? Phil Glazer and A 1 Baldwin are both back, and they make a giant pair, and there's Larry Durgin, who was a regular starter last Fall. Guards? Capt. Bill Hoffman, one of the real iron men of the East—he played the whole Stanford game—leads this whole team, and his running mate is Bob Michelet, freshman captain two years ago. Then you've got two more veterans, Less Huntley and Ray Hulsart. Forrest Branch again returns as center, with Moe Frankel his understudy. Why, we haven't got acquainted with the sophomores yet!
The second year men are going to have a hard time breaking into that lineup, but they always do. It might be a fellow named Donald Hagerman, a 190-pound tackle, or a chap named Georgie Price (that's right) who weighs 202 and is a guard. George Stangle, our old friend who is a junior captain-elect of the basketball team, is a distinct threat as halfback, and Hollywood's pride, Rudy Pacht, is a sophomore aspirant for quarterback.
There are many others, for the squad list was some 65 players, all neatly tabulated by Charley Widmayer, who succeeds Dean Chamberlin in the athletic office as publicity director.
One thing that is interesting about this team is that none of the players experienced defeat as freshmen. For three years in a row now Pat Holbrook has turned out undefeated freshman teams, who have run up a remarkable string.
We are not attempting to predict this season. Our opponents are all going to be strong. Harvard counts upon Jack Crickard once again, and Bob Lassiter heads a fast Yale backfield. The Neapolitan twins, Johnny Ferraro and Bart Viviano, return at Cornell. Pennsylvania is an unknown quantity, but we do know that the Green will take on a good football team in Lafayette for a third game contest.
The only criticism of the schedule comes at the first. Norwich is of course a traditional opening game opponent, but Vermont seems a little weak to be placed directly before a team like Lafayette. It is hard to get a good second game opponent—Bates was the last one which measured up to expectations—for the Little Three do not care to mix and others of their calibre are thinking about their own schedules.
Another football year rolls around, and the Indian is off to the wars. There probably will not be any 33-33 games, but there will be plenty of thrills. Will see you down at the Bowl.
