Word: artful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...horrifying little document at 14 Plympton St. the other morning. It was entitled, "Preliminary Prospectus, 1949 Stanford University Football Team." Running to six closely written pages, this report painted a picture of the Crimson's first 1949 opponent which was matched only by the ghastly verbal report delivered by Art Valpey at the football luncheon Monday...
...Lunch was more encouraging. At least it was couched in a series of maybes and hopeful phrases--"We're lucky to be playing them first. Our chances of winning so early in the season will depend on experience and organization. They've got better personnel than we do." What Art implied was that later in the schedule we probably couldn't touch them; if his team is up for its opener, we might come through...
...matter of fact, Art classified Army, Cornell, and Stanford among the "top 15 teams in the nation," and further commented that if Harvard comes through its first four games (Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Army) with a 50-50 record, the Crimson will be a definite power in the East...
Phase Two of Arthur Valpey's after lunch discussion was an evaluation of Ivy League football in 1949. Art, of course, couched his statements with the reservation that they were only personal opinion. This department can only comment on the subject to the effect that if anybody is qualified to speak on Ivy League football, it is Art Valpey...
...first four games will be crucial," admitted Art, "and our season record may range from three or four wins, to two or three losses." Harvard does not have the individual stars of some of its opponents, so Valpey counts on experience and organization to be the factors which will bring stadium wins next fall...