Manhattan vs. Duquesne

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  The Waterbury Democrat, October 31, 1940, page 20

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  Leahy Works Hard With B. C. Eagles For Manhattan Chestnut Hill, Mass, Oct. 30- Fully aware of the fact that Herb Kopf’s Manhattan team may turn out to be the dark horse” of the Eagles current schedule, Coach Frank Leahy of Boston College has decided to have at least three scrim- mage sessions during the week as he prepares for the invasion of the Jaspers. Originally Coach Leahy planned to give all his boys day of rest following the victory over St. Anselm, but at the last minute he decided to have Scrimmage session for some of his players. He sent his third and fourth teams through long scrimmage against the froSh squad. Bob Jauron, Carl Lucas and Ted Williams, converted last week to fulback, right halfback and left halfback respectively, ran in a backfield which also included Ralph Nash at quarterback. All three players showed to advantage in their new posts in the Saturday game, particularly Jauron and Will Hams. Jauron and Williams went over the last line twice, but Ted’s touchdown jaunts were nullified by penalties. Close Games The Manhattan team (which de- feated Auburn last seasonO has an exceptionally fine squad. Apparently the Green Shirts from the big city won’t be one bit phased by the fact that the Eagles are undefeated and united. A fortnight ago Gus Dorais brought his Detroit University team against the Manhattan players and the undefeated and united Titans were lucky to get 6–⁠0 win. Then last Friday night Duquesne, unde- feated in 1889 (the team which was mentioned as Cotton Bowl foe of the Eagles last year), managed to eke out 10–⁠6 win over the Jaspers. The Dukes had lost a close battle to unbeaten Mississippi the previous week and were heavily favored over the Kopf- coached team. Jauron, who failed to live up to |exceptations as a left halfback, played well in Mondays scrimmage. He turned in grand showing in his debut as fullback against St. An selm and if he continues to im- prove he should do the Eagles lot of good. Williams is still far cry from Charlie O’Rourke or Mickey Connolly as a passer, but he ran well Saturday and again Monday. Joe Manzo and Rocco Canale, who were out of last weeks game due to injuries, were absent from practice but will be back before the middle of the week.

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Duquesne leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.