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...Paul Governali, erstwhile Columbia great and current Boston Yank highlight, put the Crimson defenders on their mettle for the second successive day as he demonstrated his famous passing technique in limitation (or surpassing) of Carl Leibert, Princeton flinger who passed the Brown backs silly in last Saturday's one sided encounter in New Jersey...
...gentleman named Paul Governali, who throws forward passes for a living under the aegis of the Boston Yanks pro-sessional football team, made things interesting at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon, as the Varsity team's preparations for its appointment at Palmer Stadium Saturday continued at high gear...
...result was some of the finest shucking the Harvard practice field has been in cons. Governali, rated as one of the best passers in Pro football ranks, had an excellent day, and some of his long heaves were superlative. The fact that the Varsity defenders were able to break up a goodly percentage of the losses speaks well for their chances against Mr. Leibert's aerial efforts on Saturday...
...though Harvard's pass was very good," Governali said after the practice session. "There were only three passes of all I threw today where receivers weren't well covered." The Yank see also praised the downfield blocking displayed by the Varsity in the contact session...
...analogy stops there. West Point has a better line, more balance in the backfield and more defensive grit than last year. Jim Kelleher, elongated end and plebe frank Merritt are the standouts of a tremendous forward wall that repulsed Lafayette, Cornell and Columbia's Governali so well. In the Columbia tussle the Lion's ace pitcher was rushed unmercifully by these behemoths, resulting in the complete throttling of their pass attack...