Word: coaches
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...chapter on Harvard coaches, from Lucius Littauer in 1881 to Arthur Valpey in '48, is contributed by Harry Von Kersburg, star Crimson guard of 1905-06, line coach under Percy Houghton, and for thirty years a football official. Von Kersburg also includes commentary on many Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Brown teams...
...Coach Mikkola must fill one important position before the first meet. In the quarter mile relay veterans Harvey Thayer, Al Ruby, and Captain Dave Hamblett will fill three spots in the quartet, but who will be the fourth man is still a big question. Main contenders for this position are Dave Gilbert, Jerry Simpson, Bert Brown, and Bill Goldberg. In the two mile relay, Jim Downey, Dick Welch, George Williams, and either Ardon Albee or John Cogan should be on the starting line December...
Bill Haines, uncle of 150-pound crew coach Bert Haines, and himself a former Harvard coach, died at Attleboro Saturday after a long illness. He was 79 years...
Haines came to this country in 1911 after establishing a famous record as an oarsman in England. He started as a coach at the Union Boat Club in Boston, but transferred to Harvard in 1915, where he remained until accepting the position of head coach at MIT in 1923. His 1916 Crimson crow once set a four-mile record of 20 minutes and two seconds...
...Drohan, ace diver, graduates this February before the Yale meet, and diving coach Bernie Kelly is working with Win Briggs. Briggs weighs about 35 pounds more than Drohan and showed excellent form as a sophomore before he was laid up with a touch of rheumatic fever. With his extra weight, Briggs may very adequately replace Drohan, and possibly surpass him some...