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...already reached a high stage of coordination and smoothness. In the seven plays following the opening kickoff, the first team, with J. P. Crosby '28 and David Guarnaccia '29 carrying the ball, marched 85 yards to score the only touchdown of the afternoon. Once more the first string backs, following their interference through the holes opened in the scrub line, carried the ball down within striking distance of the goal line. This time, however, the ball was lost to the scrubs on a fumble...
Dudley Bell '28 was in the center position on team A yesterday in the final scrimmage and in the final signal drill of the afternoon, but it is likely that R. W. Turner '28 will be able to resume his place as first string pivot within the next few days...
...Turner '28 has the first call on the team A position, and barring injuries, should be in at the kick-off in all the major Crimson contests this fall. Turner first broke into sporting headlines two years ago when he rose toward the end of the season to first string ranks, and in the desperate Crimson defense against a more powerful Yale eleven which brought forth the famed 0.0 tie of that year he stood out as the moot stalwart of all barriers in the path of the Eli progress...
...guard again Parkinson appears to have all his old punch in defensive play, and with the experience of two years on the University squad added to his former football knowledge should be a valuable asset to line coaches C. H. Carney, R. J. Dunne, if not a regular first string fixture...
...standing. He started the 1925 game at Princeton in one of the guard positions, but in the shake up following the Crimson's disastrous riot in that encounter was dropped to team C rating. Last year he appeared in several of the University games, but was far from first string material. Although his work so far this year has not been so impressive as that of the four guards previously mentioned, he has possibilities of future development into a capable running mate or understudy of Simonds...