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Halfback Dinney Finney came up with the longest run of the afternoon in the second period when he returned a punt 55 yards for the Crimson's first touchdown. Joe Conselman converted to tie the score...
Tabor threatened early and made a first down on the Crimson two yard line on a sustained drive following the opening kickoff. The B team held for four downs but Tabor's Jim Sykes took the ensuing punt and ran 35 yards for the touchdown. Shaun Mulcahey scored the other two Tabor touchdowns on line bucks...
Early in the first quarter, Jimmy Sears stood on his own 31-yard line, waiting for a spiraling punt. Charging downfield toward him, California's big tacklers seemed to have him hemmed in. At the catch, Sears was already running, sidestepping, putting on a burst of speed that got him back to midfield and a pair of welcome blockers who cleared his way to the California 30-yard line. From there Jimmy Sears, far out in front, romped to the touchdown...
...touchdowns followed as a direct result of the latter weakness. Davidson's first tally came two plays after halfback Johnny Gray carried a punt 78 yards down the right sideline to the Crimson one-yard stripe. Its last touchdown was scored by halfback Roy White, who took a kickoff on his own four, raced up the middle through most of the Crimson defenders, and cut off to the left sideline, outmaneuvering the only remaining tackler, safety-man Sammy Fyock...
...Crimson played sloppy ball; no other word can describe it. Seven fumbles, combined with repeated ineffectiveness on plays like the wingback reverse marred its offensive game. On the defense, two persistent weaknesses were evident: ineptitude both on passes and on punt and kickoff returns...