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...most important of these vacancies, the quarterback who is vital to the Big Red's T offense, James had an ace up his sleevo in Rocco Calvo. Calvo had all but won the job from Dorset during pre-season practice last year, but then he suffered a knee injury which sidelined him for the season...
Bruce Munro's team, though not at full strength because of the injury to Ben Florin in last Saturday's game, has looked very good in recent scrimmages. Benjy Goldstein will start at right wing for the Crimson and should add punch to the attack. A pre-season injury sidelined Goldstein for the opening contests...
Weather permitting, the varsity will work on pass defense today against a Cornell-type aerial attack. Ithacan quarterback Rocco Calvo was a pre-season favorite to be the key passer in Lefty James' offense, but Coach Jordan said yesterday that his scouting reports revealed sophomore quarterback Jack Jaeckel to be the best all-around Cornell hurler. Calvo was, however, very successful with his long passes in the Lafayette and Syracuse games...
Price, a westerner with a deadly passing arm, bids well to beat out veteran Kermit Tracy for the starting quarterback post when pre-season practice got underway. Little got around this superfluity of talent by shifting Price to left halfback where his running and passing ability could be utilized without losing Tracy's experience and cool field generalship...
...best pass catcher last year. Bomm, who weighs an even 200, is surprisingly fast for a big man and scored the Lions' first touchdown against Hobert on a 47-yard pass from Price on the opening play of the game. Gorry Cozzi, who was playing ahead of Bomm in pre-season practice, missed the Hobert contest because of a leg injury and is not expected to see action today...