Word: comeford
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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Recognition for services rendered came yesterday to Freshmen Jack Comeford and George Boston, the two men directly responsible for Harvard's lone score against Penn last Saturday...
...Tailback Comeford was elevated by Dick Harlow to Team a, supplanting Don Richards. He thus became the first member of the Class of 1946 to win a starting berth, if only temporary, on the Crimson eleven...
...Boston, the Yardling who caught Comeford's fourth period heave with two Quaker defenders clinging to him, was promoted to Team B, in place of ace punter Wally Flynn. Boston's thumb is still in a cast, but the injury didn't seem to brother him Saturday...
Yesterday's practice was scrimmageless, Harlow still being wary of Old Man injury. The squad was out through a long punting drill early in the afternoon, and Comeford gave indications of being as good a punter as headman Wally Flynn. Flynn was up to snuff, too, and the pair matched booming kicks for 15 minutes. Boston also shone in the drill...
...before Penn's goal-line can be discounted . . . The Varsity ran eight running plays, tossed four passes, and worked a double shift inside the Penn 20 . . . Ironically, the team stalled on the two and the three but scored from the 27-yard line . . . George Boston, the Freshman who caught Comeford's six-pointer, made his Varsity debut with his thumb in a cast . . . It will take the movies to reveal how he managed to hold the ball with two defenders on his back...