Word: pre-season
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...problem this fall for Boston is not too anxious to talk about it. At the ends he has mostly new men to the Jayvee squad with George Cady, Morrill Cole and Don McCoy being among the best. "I lost one of my starting ends in pre-season practice, Chief says, "when Jerry Bahn broke his leg. But he may be back in a month...
Naturally the true test of this team will come under actual playing conditions, and year after year the pre-season speculators are ruthlessly contradicted by the passage of time. But if the two lengthy scrimmages in the Stadium are any indication, the 1947 Crimson outlook is favorable. The Eagles' 228-pound line and classy quarterback Ed Clasby notwithstanding, it is giving Boston College the better of it to call those two contests a draw...
They also serve who only stand and wait, even if it's only with a towel and a sweater. First football casualty of the season was a noncombatant, John P. Judkins '47, Varsity manager. He beat everyone to the bruise by reporting for pre-season practice with a bandaged wrist...
...factor that makes Mac beam brightest is the success of the pre-season practice. Twenty-five athletes reported on the Business School Field for the first workout last Monday and by Saturday the number had risen to 40. "Why, before this year." Mac said, "no one ever appeared until the first day of registration...
Difficulties appear in the defense. Captain Hunt Mavor, the man who organized the pre-season practice sessions, and Dave Ogden, last year's center half, are the key men. But both starting fullbacks graduated this June, and Mike Scully, the best Freshman full, plans to row crew this fall...