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With only two more days of practice before the game with Worcester on Saturday, Coach Campbell again sent the Freshman football squad through a stiff gruelling drill. A long session of tackling the dummy was first in order. The linesmen were then given intensive instruction in line charging and in breaking through while backs and ends were divided into squads for a long practice in punting, going down under kicks and taking out ends. This was followed by stiff signal practice in which the various forward pass formation the yearlings will use were especially emphasized...
...tackle situation for today is, however, uncertain on account of a badly wrenched shoulder received by Storrs in scrimmage Wednesday. He will probably not be able to play for a week and Diller may be shifted from end to take his place. Other important linesmen who have been on the New Haven sick list are Cross, last year's center, and Mackay and Quaile, letter men at guard. When Coach Jones is able to use these three his line will compare, favorably with that of any in the east...
...other three backs on the Holy Cross team besides Wallingford are Simendinger, Gagnon, and Riopel. The first two named of these are likely to prove most dangerous to the Crimson. If the work of the linesmen is a virtual draw today and the backfield play decides the issue, the eventual outcome may well depend on how Simendinger's punting compares with that of Fitts. The former has been booting some lengthy spirals in practice lately and is well qualified for a duel with the Crimson left-footer...
...Gridiron Opener" was the comment of the Boston Herald after last Saturday's double-header. On the other hand come rosy reports from Worcester about the big purple eleven, all of whom played against Harvard last year, reports of punters who can reach seventy yards, of powerful vetern linesmen...
...short work-out of Coach Fisher's men yesterday enabled two other University coaches, R. M. Sedgwick '21 and D. C. Parmenter '13, to help out on the 1925 field during the latter part of the afternoon. Sedgwick took charge of some of the linesmen, while Parmenter coached the centers. Another permanent aid for Coach Campbell's staff, Bayard Wharton '22, also reported today for the first time. Wharton was on the University squad as a halfback for three weeks this fall. He will assist especially with the backfield...