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Partly because of injuries, but mainly because of the Crimson defense, Yale resorted twice to backup quarterbacks. The third man to face the defense, sophomore Roly Purrington, was the most effective. Yale completed only one pass until the fourth quarter...
Yale bounced back with a 69-yard bomb from Purrington to Dick Jauron, but, the Yardlings' potent rushing attack soon put the game on ice, Fullback Ted DeMars capped a 65-yard drive, all on the ground, with a two-yard blast midway through the last quarter. John Kidwell's point after made the score...
Princeton's Marshall Long and Bob Purrington finished far ahead of the Harvard sailors in last week's Danmark Trophy regatta and Yale's men will be sailing at home in their own boats and waters...
...will of W. A. Purrington '73, a New York lawyer, Harvard will eventually receive $115,000 for medical research. A year before his death, Purrington acquired $150,000 under the will of his friend, Dr. William Carr, founder of the College of Dental Surgery of New York City to be given to institutions after the death of Dr. Carr's widow and sister-in-law. The widow has since died. The remainder of the $150,000 will go to New York institutions...
...Purrington, a New York lawyer, did survive the trip, but died suddenly a few days afterwards...