(This is the second in a series of columns discussing Varsity football prospects for the coming season.)

Ever since Dick Harlow bade a teary farewell at the close of the 1941 season to the best Varsity line Soldiers Fields has seen in recent years--a forward wall which included such rugged characters as Club Peabody Dick Pflster, Loren MacKinney, Tom Gardiner and Vern Miller--he's been wistfully seeking its equal. To predict that this year's Beef Trust will be a replica of that famous pre-war predecessor is wishful thinking only for the most partial of Crimson rooters, but a midsummer glance at the situation has enough bright spots to lead to moderately pleasant speculation.

The man in charge of the Varsity line is Herb Kopp, who captained one of Harlow's carliest, and most successful elevens in the days when the oologist was cutting his coaching teeth at Western Maryland. Harry Jacunski, former Fordham end who later earned a few dollars with the Green Bay Packers, will handle the ends.

Four Ends Return

Jacunski will find at least four experienced wingmen on hand when practice starts next, fall, which gives the Varsity as much pre-season depth at that position as any Crimson coach has seen in years. The returning quartet, whose members all performed in the 1942 season, includes Pete Garland, Wally Flynn, Len Cummings, and George Boston.

Garland, for the uninitiate who may not remember him, is a towering blond out of Buzzards Bay who saw considerable action in '42, is best recalled as a punter whose booming spirals frequently kept the squad out of trouble, a dilemma it experienced all too often in that last "formal" campaign. Whether Flynn will be called upon to handle the booting chores this fall, when the highly-touted Ralph Petrillo will be available, remains another of the little mystcries that will be solved when the season opens, but the knowledge that Flynn's right toe is ready for duty can't be giving Harlow any sleepless nights.

Both Cummings and Boston also boast valuable game experience and a sound background in the fundamentals of the Harlow system. Cummings was on the starting eleven for a good portion of the '42 season, and Boston, who saw less action, will be remembered as the lad who snagged a Jack Comerford pass against Penn in the only bright spot of a 19-7 going over administered by the Quakers.

Other end prospects include John Fiorentino, former Boston College High School standout, who scored a touchdown in the game which closed practice sessions last spring, and Don McCoy, son of assistant coach Al McCoy, a six-foot-four-inch, 200-pound possibility.

Fisher, Fisher, and Fisher

There is not the depth at the tackle post that can be found among the ends at present, but Harlow may switch linemen in other heavily-stocked categories to that slot. Willo Fisher, another returnee from the '42 eleven, will probably be used at tackle, as may his brother Rollo, and the presence of three Fisher boys on the squad (Jack, of course, is slated for action on the Crimson line) is as good an indication as any that things are somewhat normal on the local football front.

In addition to the brothers Fisher at tackle, charley Pierce will return from the 1945 squad, and newcomers Howie Houston and Walt Meserte should enter into the plans of the Holyoke Street High Command.

Sid Smith and Charley Gudaitis have returned to fill guard vacancies, and the College rolls also list a few names which have never appeared on H.A.A. programs, but their possessors may offer healthy competition for starting berths. Smith and Gudaitis, teammates on the 1941 Freshman squad, moved up to the Varsity eleven the following year, and improved steadily during that season.

But the guard and lineman who will probably get the big play from the Boston press next fall is Emil Drvaric, of Milwaukee, who captained the Wisconsin, Freshman team before entering service, and has since turned down several pro offers to study here. Drvaric played considerable football while in service, and hopes to justify all the nice things people in the know have been saying about him.

Another newcomer at guard is Nick Rodis, who played in Floyd Stahl's outfield in the spring, while Ned Dewey, one of the most promising members of last season's informal squad, will also be on hand. Jack Fisher is expected to handle much of the burden at center, although Harlow's well-known propensity to shuffie personnel on the line may result in numerous changes before the season opens.