"The Harvard official added that in the last quarter, Harvard's so-called third string safety man, Walsh, showed he was able to dish out punishment as well as take it. Twice after he had tackled the mighty Army halfback Mr. Stephenson, said great man had to be held by his teammates to keep him from attacking Walsh with his fists.'

"By that time the stands were rabid, and in 22 years of watching Harvard football, I've never heard so (sic) violent spectator reaction,' he said.

"The letters were sent to the Chairmen of the Committees on Defense because of West Point's close proximity to the United States government."

There are some obvious factual flaws in the above dispatch. For one thing, Earl Blaik stated after the Harvard-Army game that Stephenson had appeared in but four plays against Michigan. For another, Professor Hobbs' Harvard correspondent apparently thinks Noonan and Roche are the same individual.

Stanford Has Its Doubts

On the other hand, the Stanford players which this writers talked to all considered the 1948 Army-Stanford game the dirtiest contest they had ever been in, and one implied that Emery Mitchell, start fullback and the team's best passer, had been deliberately crippled in the first quarter of that game.

In 1945, Navy's star tackle, Whitmire, was injured in the first quarter against Army, and so it went down through the years. A case can be made against the Cadet elevens of recent years. I somehow feel that the numerous injuries to teams that play Army is not a preconceived plan, but merely a reflection of the dominant Military Academy theme that anything goes as long as you win--as in War.

Neither Bill Cunningham nor Art Valpey could agree with Professor Hobbs' Cambridge informant on the style of play of the Army-Harvard game. Both stated they felt that the game was aggressive, but not dirty.

Nor could either man give any clue to the identify of the man who had been watching Harvard football for 22 years. He will probably remain unknown, too, because Hobbs refused to give his name upon the CRIMSON'S request.

Also unknown are Professor Hobbs' qualifications as a football critic. The retired 85-year-old geologist is a well known and still active scientist who worked for OSS from 1941 to 1945. But there is no record as to the volume of his football knowledge.