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When Dick Harlow greeted the 1947 football squad almost three weeks ago in the opening day of practice, be found a nucleus of 20 returning lettermen and strong prospects from last fall's Freshmen and Chief Boston's undefeated Jayvees. Twelve months ago he made his long awaited return from war service to Soldiers Field on a similar mission to find a mean of unfamiliar talent interspersed with a smattering of 1942 players and members of informal wartime squads, and the opening game scarcely a month away. The resulting seven wins out of nine after such a precarious start were...
...letterman Chuck Glynn, and former Freshmen Bill Hickey and Don Stone. The latter attracted favorable attention in the B. C. scrimmage. At guard there are several excellent prospects, including last fall's regulars Emil Dravaric and Nick Rodis, strong contender Bob Drennan, and scrappy Jim Feinberg among the lettermen, 1945 regular Howie Foster, and last year's Freshman captain Dick Guidera...
Heavy competition among a number of good players shapes up too for the starting end assignments. Experienced Varsity wingmen John Fiorentino, Wally Flynn, and Walt Coulson are supplemented by lettermen Tom Felt and Bob Kennedy. Also rising from the ranks are former Jayvee Red Hill and last year's glue-fingered Freshman Armando (Stretch) Mazzone...
...Lettermen Return...
When Dick Harlow greeted the 1947 football squad a little over two weeks ago on the opening day of practice, he found a nucleus of 20 returning lettermen and strong prospects from last fall's Freshmen and Chief Boston's undefeated Jayvees. Twelve months ago he made his long awaited return from war service to Soldiers Field on a similar mission to find a maze of unfamiliar talent interspersed with a smattering of 1942 players and members of informal wartime squads, and the opening game scarcely a month away. The resulting seven wins out of nine after such a precarious...