Word: aerials
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Much football knowledge was gained in the Dartmouth game two weeks ago. Harvard met one of the best aerial attacks in the East that day, and as a result showed a vastly better defense against forward passes the next week. The disappointingly small score made against William and Mary last Saturday was due somewhat to illness which pervaded the squad that...
...best thing about the Swarthmore game from the Princeton standpoint was the work of Dignan, right halfback. Slagle, star Princeton carrier, remained on the sidelines yesterday, but although he has been the mainspring of the Tiger aerial attack all season, four out of seven passes were successful with him out of the game. Dignan did the tossing, and also gained much ground by his powerful linebucking. His punting was sensational, and promises to be at least on a par with the best Harvard can offer next Saturday...
...noticeable improvement in the forward pass defense was one of the few bits of encouragement gleaned by Crimson supporters from Saturday's game. William and Mary's highly-touted aerial attack failed to gain the visitors much ground, the Harvard backs knocking down a large majority of Matsu's tosses...
...aerial attack, when used throughout the game showed a distinct step up from the slip-shod method used during the earlier games of the season...
...awarding of contracts this day for the carrying of the mail by air transport over five routes in widely separated sections of the country marks an epoch in the history of the American postoffice. Upon the result of the enterprise this day entered upon depends the future of aerial transport in the United States...