Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Beginning the series exactly 45 years ago Harvard was supreme for 16 years in a row. The team from Hanover scored nary a point for the first 14 years of that Crimson dynasty. It was not until 1901 that Harvard's goal line was crossed by the Green, when they chalked up 12 points to Harvard...
Harvard has a back of her own who comes in for more than his share of christening. T. W. Gilligan '31, as he is known in the chaste columns of the CRIMSON, has been called "Gone Again", "Off-Again-On-Again", and "Giddy-Ap" Gilligan. Wallace Harper, who will be missed from the Harvard lineup today, has been dubbed the "Ioway Dutchman", for reasons unknown. In general the nicknames are amazingly apt. "Gentleman Gene" and "Tiger Jack" just about describe those two ex-heavyweight champs. The local pugilistic comedian, one Mr. Stone, has been happily termed "Rocky" (Crushed) Stone...
...earliest recollections is of the great Joe Forecast, on the eve of a H-D game, with every other score correctly computed in that fine mind of his, resorting to pulling numbers out of a hat to determine the Dartmouth score! Though I was only a CRIMSON candidate then, it is a lesson which I have never forgotten...
...Putnam, wily and aggressive quarterback, deceptive when on the throwing end of lateral passes, the Crimson's best broken field runner and the directing genius of the team...
...Devens, flashy all-around Sophomore, hard driving halfback who today is starting his first game for the Crimson...