THE SPORTING SCENE

A couple of pretty fair offensive teams were vying for top honors on the Junior Varsity field last Friday. The single wing squad eventually managed to outscore the T-formation eleven 22 to 12, with three touchdowns, two extra points, and a safety, compared to a pair of touchdowns for the "T" team.

And the Crimson Junior Varsity won, 34 to 0.

Coach Norm Shepard said before the game he would use a two platoon system--"We'll have several men going both ways." When the Nichols Jr. College players took the field, however, they discovered they were facing, not a two platoon system, but a three team set-up--far more devastating as the final score clearly shows.

One squad employed the single-wing, which the jayvees often use in scrimmages with the varsity; a second took the "T" a formation, used to give the varsity defensive squad practice for teams using that lineup; still a third eleven was used exclusively for extra-point attempts (the five touchdown total amassed by the first two teams assured the third of a considerable amount of action.)

A Successful Innovation

Shepard never before put a full three squads on the field--he never had enough men. But now, with an extremely large turnout, "We want to get all the boys into each game."

Shepard was quite pleased--and justifiably so--with his final result of this innovation. The Nichols team that his eleven--or rather, elevens--so handily crushed was practically the same one that romped over the Junior Varsity, 33 to 18, last year. Only two key men were missing, one of them a fullback who gained a lot of ground against the '51 jayvees.

And even though last week's score was an impressive 34 to 0, the Crimson could have made it higher. Three fumbles within the ten-yard line killed touchdown drives.

Against Dean Academy tomorrow, Shepard will use the same set-up; alternating the two offenses, leaving most of the men from the offensive platoons in at defense, and fielding an almost completely new team for extra-point attempts.

The men from Dean annually turn up a competent squad, but against Shepard's "Team-After-Team" techniques, are not expected to produce solid enough opposition for a winning game.

Solid Backing

The line for the "extra-point" team, incidentally, averages approximately 210 pounds. Shepard says he "throws in his biggest men, the guys who take up the most space and who can throw pretty good blocks." With so substantial a wall of beef in front of him, fullback George MacDonald was able to punch over two extra points.

The team that passed the goal-line first and most often was the single-wing. Some fine running by tailback Paul Murphy and wingback Frank White keynoted the attack, White tallying once on a 35-yard wingback reverse and Murphy twice on runs of 30 and seven yards.

Quarterback Walt Greeley led the T-formation offense, with halfback "Dinnie" Finney and fullback Bob Albert furnishing some of the drive. Two Greeley to Finney pass plays netted 17 and 23 yards, and a pair of touchdowns.

The remaining four points were garnered via MacDonald's line bucks for a couple of conversions, and lineman Dick Koch's tackle in the end zone for a safety.