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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...combination preparatory and high school stars which composes the present first string material has a lot of work ahead of it to become a smooth functioning machine before the game with Andover on October...
...already reached a high stage of coordination and smoothness. In the seven plays following the opening kickoff, the first team, with J. P. Crosby '28 and David Guarnaccia '29 carrying the ball, marched 85 yards to score the only touchdown of the afternoon. Once more the first string backs, following their interference through the holes opened in the scrub line, carried the ball down within striking distance of the goal line. This time, however, the ball was lost to the scrubs on a fumble...
Both Kelley and Burns played football at Exeter, the former being somewhat obscured in the academy ranks after a brilliant career at Winchester High, while the latter never attained first string rating among his schoolboy teammates. The possibilities of either as a first string college pilot are very difficult to predict. Close followers of the sport for the last few years have been surprised this year to see Kelley holding down the team A assignment. The coaches have so far made no comment on the quarterback situation and the purport of the reports that have proceeded from the scrimmages...
Dudley Bell '28 was in the center position on team A yesterday in the final scrimmage and in the final signal drill of the afternoon, but it is likely that R. W. Turner '28 will be able to resume his place as first string pivot within the next few days...
...Turner '28 has the first call on the team A position, and barring injuries, should be in at the kick-off in all the major Crimson contests this fall. Turner first broke into sporting headlines two years ago when he rose toward the end of the season to first string ranks, and in the desperate Crimson defense against a more powerful Yale eleven which brought forth the famed 0.0 tie of that year he stood out as the moot stalwart of all barriers in the path of the Eli progress...