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Backs ran hard and linemen tackled hard; and when the band, holding its first marching drill of the season, piped up with "Harvardiana" and "Hard Luck on Poor Old Eli," backs ran a little harder and linemen moved a little faster too. Still, it is difficult to picture Stanford entering the Stadium this afternoon to open the 1950 football season hero...
...practice ended with a spirited signal drill, Jordan jogging along behind each team with a stop watch, and wind sprints...
...squads, some exhibiting a serious manpower shortage, went through a light drill. Eliot, which won the House title last year and then went on to defeat Yale's champion, Berkeley, produced 18 men, a record turnout for one House on opening...
When the first unit lined up for signal drill and a dummy scrimmage there were five changes in the team which opened against B.U. Rate and Paul Crowley replaced ends Dike Hyde and and Ravrehy. Buddy Lemay was holding down Paul O'Brien's center position, and tackle John Nichols was again on the offensive team in place of Bob Stargol. In the backfield Red Wylie was running as wingback instead of Dave Warden...
...addition to the live tackling in the passing scrimmage, contact work was provided by sending ballcarriers, including linemen, against stationary tacklers. Guard Lew Gordon was banged-up in this drill, but the full extent of his injuries is not yet known...