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Readers of Stanley Woodward's annual football magazine should not be alarmed by Woodward's schedule, which has Harvard opening against Hobart here on September 30. Actually, Columbia plays Hobart on that date and Harvard starts action a week later against the Lions. Woodward also lists Arthur Sampson as one of four men who "induced flashes of Spartanism" in Harvard football. The other three are former coaches Arnold Horween, Harlow, and Art Valpey. Sampson, former director of publicity for the H.A.A., is now a Boston sportswriter.
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Jimmy Farrell, H.A.A. equipment chief, answered an SOS from Benny Friedman, who, opening football practice at Brandeis University, suddenly found himself short of uniforms.
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Both 1949 captain Howie Houston and quarterback Bill Henry may be found in football togs on Soldiers Field every day. Houston coaches the freshman line and Henry is assisting Coach Norm Shepard with the junior varsity eleven.