Rain Fails to Stop Varsity Practice

Drenching rains did not prevent Coach Lloyd Jordan from running his squad through its usual outdoor workout yesterday. The only major change in practice routine caused by the local monsoon was the postponement of a scheduled drill on pass defense.

Instead, Jordan concentrated on new offensive patterns to use against Cornell Saturday. Blocking quarterback Gil O'Neil, who led the Crimson's lone scoring march last Saturday, ran largely single wing plays in a full scrimmage against the first defensive unit.

Ossman Fills in for West

Tom Ossman took over the fullback position in place of Johnny West, who was in Stillman with a cold. West is expected to be back with the team today. Phil Isenberg and Dave Warden worked as usual at the halves.

The first two units were sent to the showers about half an hour earlier than usual; then Jordan scrimmaged the third team against Norm Shepard's jayvees. Sophomore Hardy Cox quarterbacked the third string backfield of halfbacks Ron Noonan and Bob Ray and fullback Bob Peters. Dick Duback also did a good deal of running with this offensive unit.

Lowenstein Rested

T formation quarterback Carroll Lowenstein was sidelined during yesterday's practice to give both O'Neil and Cox more scrimmage experience.

Although the absence of halfback Red Wylie will weaken the squad for at least two weeks, the manpower picture improved this week with the return of end Ian Britton and tackle Arnie Horween. Injuries kept both men out of the Columbia game.

Passing Today

Weather permitting, the varsity will work on pass defense today against a Cornell-type aerial attack. Ithacan quarterback Rocco Calvo was a pre-season favorite to be the key passer in Lefty James' offense, but Coach Jordan said yesterday that his scouting reports revealed sophomore quarterback Jack Jaeckel to be the best all-around Cornell hurler. Calvo was, however, very successful with his long passes in the Lafayette and Syracuse games.

The big man in Cornell's ground attack, according to Jordan, is right halfback Frank Miller. The Big Red's leading ground-gainer in 1948, Miller was considered to have been off form last season.