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...acknowledged ability as an A-1 runner, but in his excellent picking of plays, seems to give him the definite edge over Murphy at quarter back. There has been some talk in the press recently with regard to moving Kempton to halfback in order to work Murphy into the backfield; but Jones would scarcely care to put his only two capable quarterbacks in play at the same time, especially since Murphy is rather frail. Moreover "it would mean putting both his drop-kickers in at once, Aldrich being the other reliance in this line. In spite, then, of his excellent...
...valuable addition in John R. Kilpatrick, former All-America end, who reported in uniform to help Coaches Vaughan and Moseley in drilling their squad of ends. At this position, two light, speedy men, Cutler and Dilworth, now have the call over the heavier transfers from tackle and the backfield. Cruikshank; is substituting for the injured Acosta. The line-up of the regular teams: Ends, Cutler and Dilworth; tackles, Dickens and Into; guards, Herr and Cruikshank; center, Callahan; quarterback, Kempton; halfbacks, Aldrich and French; fullback, Webb. The substitutes: Ends, Calhoun and Munger; tackles, Moore and O'Brien; guards, Bean and Trippe...
...first team entered its first scrimmage of the week, and, minus three of four of the supposedly first-string players, routed the scrubs, gaining consistently on the offense and keeping the scrubs attack well in hand. Gorman, a star of the 1923 backfield, showed to very good advantage in Lourie's position at quarterback, tossing a forward to Gilroy after three plays after the kick-off. Throughout the scrimmage Gorman was a thorn in the scrubs side, breaking loose for 25-yard runs, or feinting only to toss forwards to the equally speedy Gilroy or McPhee. The second touchdown...
...Team A, while Jenkins, Carnegie, Middlesex halfback, and Gerhke, a kicker of unusual ability, fill the other back positions. Pfaffman, who has had experience at Andover, Luke Lockwood, a Middlesex veteran of two years, Greene, Salisbury back for a similar period, and Merrill make up the second string backfield. Other backs who have had preparatory school experience and promise well are Lee, from Milton, Pratt, from Country Day, Pinkham, who played two years with Newton High, and Mac-Veagh, who was on last year's Groton line...
...majority of Coach Fisher's regular forwards rested while a substitute line and the Team A backfield, with the exception of Johnson, were pitted against the scrubs in a 50-minute scrimmage on Soldiers Field yesterday when Sedgwick, Woods, Tolbert, Gaston and Macomber were given a lay-off. Some of these players are out with minor injuries, but all are expected to be in shape for the Valparaiso tussle Saturday...