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West Point's brave old Army team-considered by many observers the finest undergraduate football squad in the land today-thunders into Soldiers Field this afternoon. Colonel Earl Blaik's athletes will be seeking to extend their string of undefeated games to 24; if the Cadets succeed (as they are favored to by at least 35 points), their victory will give Harvard its longest losing streak in history--six since last year's Holy Cross game. Kickoff time in the Stadium...
...Blaik's coaching philosophy is based on two principles; (1) that football is a Spartan game; (2) that hard work is the price of success. And Blaik's current collection of brawny linemen and meteoric backs is carrying, out these precepts admirably. Like all Blaik's teams, this one is well-coached, superbly conditioned, resourceful, fast, and versatile; it has the explosive power which traditionally characterized Army football teams, and the reserve strength to overcome any opponents merely by the process of attrition...
...Blaik's Fears Allayed...
...West Point contingent, of Colonel Earl Henry Blaik, coaches, handlers, and 44 players arrives at 2:20 p.m. today and will hold a light workout in the Stadium. The Crimson will hold its usual token drill later in the afternoon...
Within minutes after the kickoff, it became plain to the 56,748 rabid fans in Notre Dame Stadium that Frank Leahy had finally spoken a mouthful. Purdue Coach Stu Holcomb, onetime assistant to Army's master strategist Red Blaik, had drilled his Boilermakers to peak precision. Behind their own hard-charging line, Purdue's backs ripped a dazed Notre Dame forward wall to shreds. At halftime Purdue...