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...touchdowns followed as a direct result of the latter weakness. Davidson's first tally came two plays after halfback Johnny Gray carried a punt 78 yards down the right sideline to the Crimson one-yard stripe. Its last touchdown was scored by halfback Roy White, who took a kickoff on his own four, raced up the middle through most of the Crimson defenders, and cut off to the left sideline, outmaneuvering the only remaining tackler, safety-man Sammy Fyock...
Elephant fullback John MacNamara, varsity halfback in 1951, sliced off tackle to the Adams eleven after a poor Gold Coast punt had gone out of bounds on the 20 late in the third period. Two plays later he cut inside guard down to the four. He scored from the one after a successful jump-pass from Steven Kurzman to Sumner White. MacNamara converted on a second off-tackle smash...
Davidson could, of course, spring an intense aerial attack, but the spark for the offense has been furnished by the two sophomore backs--left halfback Jimmy Thacker and fullback Leroy Fargason...
...nine games as a freshman last year, Thacker was far ahead of the rest of his teammates in rushing yardage, with 437 yards for 80 tries. His average--5.5 yards per try--was highest on the team. It is significant that the 5 ft., 8 in., 160-pound halfback was able to do this with a squad whose overall record was one win and eight losses...
...Bruins have won four straight, topping Worcester Academy by one touchdown, and the Yale freshmen by three, 24 to 6. They are led by halfback Zipper Thompson, who wanted to go to Harvard, but ended up at Brown. Thompson has scored 11 of the Bruins' 15 touchdowns...