The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23
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ON YALE SQUAD

New Haven, Conn, July % - The
prospects of Head Coach HOWE
Odell's 1943 football team have been
frightened this week by the turnout
of several candidates enrolled in
the Navy and Marine Reserve train
ing programs who have had grid
iron experience at other colleges.
On Monday Odell started contact
work among his large. squad, and he
is losing no time preparing the boys
, for rugged 10-game schedule
which opens here September II in
Yale Bowl against the Lakehurst, N
j. Naval Training Station
In addition to big Bob Pickett,
Blake Walker and Captain Town
send (Tim Hopes, all of whom
were regular backfeld men last
year, the Eli mentor is looking over
the ability of several trainees new
to Yale.
Help From Harvard
Among the backfield candidates
IS Wayne johnson, Jr., a six-foot,
tWo-lnch bruising fullback, who last
year as a member of the Harvard
Varsity played go minutes of football
against the Eli warriors in the Yale
Bowl.
Although he is big, johnson is a
Well-proportioned lad and runs hard
and runs fast. At Harvard during
ms sophomore year he won var
slty berth as substitute to the
teet-footed Don McNichol. He won
his letter, improved steadily and
last year drew starting assign
ment. He also bore the brunt of the
teams signal calling and is a pretty
fair sort of a passer.
another back who is showing
some promise is Ray Scussel of
Stafford Springs, who was a mem
Der OF the University of Connect
cut varsity last fall. A little lad -
only five feet, eight inches - Sous
sell, who was an All-State high
school choice when he was at
Wlndham, nevertheless packs plenty
OF Wallop and runs with a lot of
drive,
Another Connecticut Scholastic
Au-State back is Paul johnson. a
former captain of the New Haven
Hleh school team, who was picked
IN 1910 After graduation, he was
SICK Tor short spell and entered
Yale IN October of last year. He's
siX-foot, wiry tailback.
Two others from the University
OF Connecticut are Albert Jorken-
son, son OF the president of that
institution, and Len Arntsen a 2O2-
FOUNDER who was a member of the
ALl-Connecticut Preparatory school
eleven in 1899.
Odell also has a handful of men
pack who saw service with the
bulldogs last year and among these
are Jim Tormey, an end; Gene
Constantin, tackle; Bob White
also a tackle; Dick Stock at end
Mac Whiting and Tom Smith, the
latter now playing baseball but ex-
pected out later in the season, at
guards; and Bill Kirst, Frank Ma
money, Jack Carey and Jack Alled-
rige.
-Four Assistants
In order to get better look at
the newcomers, Odell has pared the
large squad into small groups, and
the men are being drilled in basic
fundamentals by assistant coaches
Reg Root, Charley Caldwell, Jud
Imlm and Frank Coyle.
The big job facing Odell is whip
ping a line into shape and at this
oate II Is too early to speculate who
VIII get the first team berths on
the forward wall all of which are
wide open.
Youths who have shown some
promise include Fred Miller a 21O-
pound guard who can really step
Mlller's a 17-year old freshman
from Seattle, Wash, where he COP
ped all-city honors. The past two
days, however, he has been incapa-
cltated by pulled muscle in his
thigh.