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Only a light signal drill remains for the varsity football team before the start of the 1950 season. The squad finished its heavy pre-season work yesterday at Soldiers Field with a long drill in which emphasis was placed on setting defenses against Columbia's winged-T attack...
...three scores came from the newly-plugged right wing gap as Berger, moved up the day before from his right halfback position, played an outstanding first half. Charlie Wiess, his knee injury recovered, came back to make the center of the forward line what it was in pre-season practice--the core of a powerful attack...
...significant, but Brown's varsity football squad reportedly showed better in a pre-season scrimmage with Boston University than Harvard did in its practice skirmish with the Terriers a week ago. And Saturday afternoon in in New Haven a smooth-running Yale eleven completely outclassed the Bruins by a 36 to 12 count...
...Pre-season prediction had it that Zitrides would field a light, fast team this year, but the squad, particularly the linemen looked heavy and sluggish in the opener, in comparison with the Eli speedsters. The only experienced Bruin back, reliable Walt Pastuzak, tried vainly all afternoon to build up a respectable amount of yardage by sending fast halfbacks Jim Martland and Bob Lenker over tackle on quick-opening plays. Around end Brown went nowhere, and Pastuzak was able to complete only six out of 19 of his flat, hard passes against an alert Eli secondary...
...Crimson uncovered an excellent sophomore prospect in Hank Rate, an end. He played aggressively on defense and made several fine catches on Lowenstein passes on offense. A third string end with last year's freshmen, he has worked hard in the pre-season drills and has trained assiduously...