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Most improved men during this week's intensive practice sessions are Al Stone, whose sterling defensive play at tackle has moved him from D to B team, and Andy Cooper, now giving Jim Merkle a fight for the starting nod at fullback...
...exceptions to this rule add further complications to November's balloting. The federal nature of our government causes party ideology to vary from state to state. In some elections a progressive Republican rates the nod over an unsavory Democratic candidate. But Republicans of the Stassen-Dirksen variety are far fewer than Democrats of the Monroney-Pepper-Mead mold. And, in the Congressional races at least, a mediocre Democrat is preferable to a mediocre Republican. A.G.O.P. majority in either house of the 80th Congress will mean two years of confusion and stalemate between the President and his legislature...
Quarterback Jim Kenary, whose accurate passing has highlighted the afternoon drill periods, and guard Dick Guidera are the only men so far to receive the nod for definite starting berths...
...fights on the squad has developed over the wingback slot. Early-bird prognosticators picked 1943 captain-elect Cleo O'Donnell for the job, which he ran from in 1942 before he want into the Marines, but it doesn't look as though Cleo is going to get the starting nod from Harlow. Until a week ago it looked like a battle royal between O'Donnell and newcomer Tommy Gannon, who had never played college football before--with Gannon holding a slight edge. Then Leo Flynn muddied the situation even further by blazing a flashy trail across the practice fields...
...fullback powerful Vince Moravec has gotten the nod over last year's regular, Bobby Cowen . . . Moravec played in 1945 for the New London Sub Base eleven, showed his stuff too well in the Stadium for the Crimson comfort as the visitor's triumphed 18-7. Moravec is six feet, three inches tall and weighs a cool 200 pounds in his stocking feet. Cowen, who was elected honorary captain of last year's gridmen at the end of the season, is just on his way back from that omni-present sick list...