Word: backings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the Freshmen take the field tomorrow against the Yale 1933 eleven, Captain H. K. Wells '33, quarterback, will be back in the lineup. Because of an injury received earlier in the season, this game will be the first the captain has started since the Worcester contest...
...entire squad, with the exception of Gildea and Huguley, is in top-notch condition. These two players were in uniform yesterday and were given a light workout. It is not likely, however, that they will be used tomorrow against the Crusaders Douglas was back in action again. He played at left end, but Harding, who has held down this wing post all week, was not on the field, owing to a late class. Which one of these will start tomorrow is undecided, but it seems that Harding may get the call. Captain Barrett was given another much-needed...
Fall work has been carried on back of the Business School, with three practices a week since the last outdoor game. The two squads have had one informal game each this fall, the University team defeating the Danvers Polo Club on October 30, 11 to 4, the Freshman losing to Andover...
Beyond doubt, then, this experiment is being entered upon seriously. It is, moreover, going to get the fairest possible trial, for a tradition of victory and a small college especially intent on this sport are helpful auguries to prove the contentions of the give-the-game-back-to-the-boys columnists. This one opening, however--and its success is still far from certain--can mean little in such a campaign. Ten thousand alumni basketball teams assemble annually to battle ten thousand school teams. Hockey and football, more dependent on carefully pre-outlined systems of attack and defence; track and crew...
...past Leonid showers. Dr. Fisher, known as Harvard's "meteor fisherman", believes that a great many references to the Leonids exist which have not been found. He has already received notice of a chronicle in Syria, made in Damascus in the twelfth century, and containing astronomical observations as far back as the sixth century. Information has also been received that there are sources in China, and possibly in Japan, Korea, and Russia. Chinese writings are considered of special importance...