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Though they were not required to appear at spring practice, 25 of the 33 returning lettermen worked out three times a week under the coaching staff. Thanks to the high level of attendance. Valpey was able to state that the football team is now equal on both offensive and defensive fundamentals. Last fall, he explained, the team glittered on offensive but faltered when the other team had the ball...
...estimates that five players can make slots on the first three teams. This is just a temporary estimate, but the army of returning lettermen seems to bear out the figure. Valpey then went into a man by man analysis of his new prospects...
Although it decisively beat BU, BC, and Brown last week, the Crimson is never-the less an inexperienced squad and boasts but two returning lettermen in its singles lineup. In contrast, Cornell, always, a tennis powerhouse, has only one newcomer in its lineup and among its stars is a pair of juniors nationally recognized in amateur tennis...
Princeton has been averaging about nine hits per game but it has left a lot of runners stranded and has made several costly errors. The club's ranking hitter in 1948, Ray Thek, is back this year, having survived a sophomore rush which put four of the 13 returning lettermen on the bench. Walt Armstrong and Will Prior have been leading the Nassau hitting attack this spring...
Since 1946, Exeter has lost only one lacrosse game--a bruising 8 to 3 battle with the Crimson '51 squad last May. The Red and Gray claims ten of last year's lettermen, the equivalent of a full team...