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...addition, its scrimmaging duties have left the j.v.'s little opportunity for mastering more than the bare fundamentals of the game. For instance, their only practice on the punt formation and extra point kicking was five minutes devoted to each at the end of yesterday's final practice session before their opener...
With the score tied at 6-6, early in the period, Tufts had a fourth down and five to go on the H. 45 yard line. Every football convention calls for a punt in that situation, and Thompson lined up in a punt formation, but instead, he took the snap from center and fired a pass to fullback Normie Wright, free on the flat. He carried to the 25. Five plays later, Wright who was the spark in the Tufts attack, took a pitchout from Thompson on the four-yard line, and scored standing...
That completely unexpected play seemed to take the life out of the Crimson attack. For it could not seem to move the ball in the period at all after that. At the end of the period, after a punt exchange, the Jumbos recovered a fumble on their own 35. Thompson took to the air again and completed another pass to Wright down to the H. 38, and two plays later, one to substitute back Dave Fox on the 18-yard line. Fox took it to the 14, where he was brought down as the period ended...
...Punt Play Fails
With a fourth and two on its own 29, the Crimson shifted out of a tight T into a punt formation, but as punter WaltJIM JOSLIN is pictured breaking into the clear momentarily in Saturday's game with Tufts. An unidentified Jumbo tackler is moving in to make the tackle. Left tackle BOB SHAUNESSY (73) is seen in the background. Joslin led the varsity ball-carriers in percentage with 49 yards in seven carries for a seven yard average...