Word: center
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Soldiers Field on October 8. Although the squad as a whole is an unknown quantity, several players of prominence in schoolboy football showed up yesterday. Among these were S. L. Batchelder, a halfback from Milton, Thomas Killigan, quarterback at Exeter last year, J. H. Gildea, Boston Latin School center, B. H. Ticknor, St. Mark's fullback, and J. N. Trainer of Exeter, who is a guard...
Seven members of the University football squad are officially listed as guards; of these at least two have spent part of their time in tackle berths this fall and one is a converted center. With the elevation of F. S. Davis '30 and T. H. Alcock '28, scrub tackles, however, to first string rating and the presence of four high class centers on the squad it is likely that all of the guards listed as guards will remain so throughout the season. As in the case of the University ends this season, there is much experienced material among the guards...
...morning session yesterday Coach Horween limited work to signal drill the first eleven lining up as follows: John Prior '29 and G. K. Brown '29 ends; C. A. Pratt '28 and F. A. Clark '29, rackles; Daniel Simonds '28 and Guilford Stewart '28, guards; R. W. Turner '28, center; D. V. Kelley '28, quarterback; David Guarnaccia '29, J. P. Crosby '29, and T. G. Moore '29, backs. The same team, with the exception of W. W. Lord '28 and B. H. Strong '28 at ends, went in at the start of the afternoon scrimmage...
Last year he broke into the Harvard outfield, and covered center field in nearly all of the games. This year he has taken part in all of the 31 games played by the nine. His batting average was .269 and his fielding figures stood...
...easily mean sacrifice of standards, of that atmosphere of scholarly calm and intellectual poise, so often alien to the popular mechanics of education. Harvard has developed height as well as breadth. With more exacting requirements than ever in her history, the College of Arts and Sciences, real and necessary center of an American university, has this startling record of undergraduate fidelity to intellectual interests...