Word: coaches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coach Jones ordered a signal drill for his charges after which they went through a series of dummy scrimmages in which the defense against Harvard passes and running plays was stressed...
...Coach Jones is putting fourth every possible effort to back the jinx of thirteen defeats which the West Pointers have suffered at the hands of the Crimson in the past...
With the much-heralded Army invasion only two days off, Coach Horween yesterday afternoon sent his gridiron forces through an intensive drill. No actual scrimmaging was undertaken, nor will there be any this week, Test any important cogs in the Crimson attack be unexpectedly put out of commission before Saturday's clash. Judging from the business-like atmosphere around the Locker Building at Soldiers Field, every effort is being made to maintain Harvard's record of 13 victories in as many contests with the West Point cadets...
...major portion of yesterday's work-out was devoted to a demonstration of the plays which the invaders have employed so far this season. J. L. Knox '98, coach of the Second University team, has been scouting the Army squad and instructing the Ineligibles, who illustrated the cadet line of attack. The University team opposed them in a defensive dummy scrimmage. At first the plays worked with surprising effectiveness, but after the coaching staff had thoroughly explained the formations and offensive moves, the Crimson players stopped the "Army" attack with no trouble...
...avenging a series of defeats at the hands of Pennsylvania elevens, defeats largely the result of the irresistible Red and Blue "Guards Back" offensive. W. H. Lewis '95, considering Napoeon's strategy at the battle of Austerlitz applicable to defensive tactics on the football field, communicated with Head Coach Forbes his plan for stopping the line-crashing Penn guard. The attacks of the Austrian army and the Quaker eleven were analogous, both directing a powerful blow at the center of the opposing line. To substitute ends and tackles of a gridiron machine on the defense for the little Corporal...