Word: cabots
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ranks were filled with such football stars as Hovey Seymour and Dave Colwell with the result that their tackling was hard, and the Harvard backs were severely rushed. But the greater experience of Sid Cabot's men told the tale, as they were able to capitalize on important breaks that led to the winning scores...
...Cabot's undefeated ruggers will have a busy day today on Soldiers Field protecting their perfect record from the heavy Yale fifteen the ranks of which are full of football greats...
Heading the list of the star-studded Blue will be Hovey Soymour and Al Bartholemy, well known to all spectators of last November's grid meet. But all this football strength is still of undeterminate quality as far as rugby goes, and should be well handled by Sid Cabot's veteran club which also boasts such grid greats as Bobbie Green, Cy Taylor, and Tom Mountain. The Crimson team has taken both Cornell and Long Island U. with relative ease so far this spring and seems to be headed for another Eastern rugby Union championship...
Although the play was nip and tuck in the first half, the Crimson fifteen capitalized on its scoring opportunities and Bobbie Green and Captain "Cowboy Bill" Waters scored a try apiece. In the second half the L.I.U. scrum returned with a threatening ferociousness and aggressiveness, but Sid Cabot's ruggers stood pat and returned with a scoring drive that netted two more tries made by Dick Simpson and Tom Mountain after a sparkling 50 yard run. Wally DeWitt added four points to the afternoon's total with two conversions...
Coach Sid Cabot of the Crimson will use the following lineup: Bob Rust, Bill Higgins, Bill Waters, Tom Mountain, Marshall Holleb, Bob Green, and Ken Cuthbertson as backs, and Dick Simpson, Wallace dewitt, Jim Baisley, Johnny Harkness, Tom McMillen, Philip Markwart, Bill Dowery, and Cy Taylor as forwards...