Harlow Fills Out Gridiron Squad by Promoting Four

The addition of three former college stars to the coaching staff, and the promotion of four players to the Red Jersey squad in an effort to bring it near game strength highlighted yesterday's otherwise routine practice session at Soldiers Field.

Doug Pirnie, the star sprinter on Jaakko Mikkola's track team, has been moved up to relieve the dearth of available tallbacks, although he has been absent from practice for neveral days on account of illness. He weighs 165 and is a Junior. Johnny Shattner, a 200-pound left tackle, is a shot-putter and weight man in the winter and spring, and will bring the tackle squad up to five. He is the best punter on the team, next to Loren MacKinney.

Row Subs for Chub

Dick Row, who was picked for the regular guard spot on his Freshman team over Chub Peabody, but who has been ineligible for the last two years, proved his worth recently when he filled in for Chub during the first-string guard's injury, is the third member of the quartet. He weighs a solid 216.

Completing the list is Johnny Farley, who is a transfer student from Johns Hopkins, and was ineligible last year because of the one-year-residence rule. He will back up the formidable end squad of MacKinney, Barnes, Morgan, and Forte.

Forest Behm, a tackle from last year's Nebraska Rose Bowl team, and a student at the Business School, will probably help Henry Lamarr with the Jayvee line, while Frank Swirles, a quarterback at U.C.L.A. last year will probably handle the Yardling backs, and John O'Brien, Notre Dame '41, will whip the Freshman ends into shape.

A dummy scrimmage, signal drills, kick-off practice, and punting under pressure featured the Varsity session while Floyd Stahl spent the afternoon with the scrubs getting them ready to put on a few Pennsylvania plays to prepare the first team for their game at Philadelphia a week from Saturday.

The first cut of the Yardling squad comes tonight when smiling Chief Boston whittles his unwieldly group of hopefuls down to 35 men. Approximately 85 members of '45 are still out for football, the remaining 45-odd having voluntarily quit. Boston's main job will be to convert several 6 foot, 200 pound ends to backs, or line men, so the season will necessarily start slow.