Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cloak of secrecy which has concealed the names of the Crimson backfield which is slated to get the call for the opening clash of the season has finally been withdrawn and the gentlemen of the press who are covering Harvard football may once again lapse temporarily back into the even tenor of their ways. Not for some time have the University coaches had such a promising array of ball-carriers from which to choose a couple of versatile quartets. But it is safe to say that those who answer the referees starting whistle tomorrow may well be forced to give...
Eliot Putnam, quarterback, T. W. Gilligan and A. W. Huguley, halfbacks, with W. R. Harper, fullback, have been picked as the starting backfield against Bates. Of this combination, Putnam alone has been considered sure of his berth in the 1929 Crimson backfield. The veteran University signal-caller is generally considered a smart tactician. During the preliminary practice sessions this fall he has, furthermore, exhibited a stylish brand of running, which, when coupled with his much-improved ability to handle forward and lateral passes and to drop kick, makes him a threat to be reckoned with. He fits neatly into...
...clock in the evening. . . . Among the changes that spectators will notice in the Stadium on Saturday will be the transfer of the Harvard and visiting substitutes from the benches they occupied on the side-lines in previous seasons to seats in the regular stands. . . . General Manager Getchell, Crimson ticket king estimates that Saturday's attendance at the Stadium will reach about 20,000 people. After the New Hampshire game a week from Saturday, bare spaces in the horseshoe, despite its increased capacity, should be conspicuous by their absence. . . . The heavies and the lightest players who are expectd to take part...
Members of the French Department when interviewed last night by a CRIMSON reporter expressed some surprise at the latest prank of the customs censors but refused to make any statement either for or against...
Latest news from the offices of the Harvard socialist Club reached the CRIMSON last night that the original plan of disseminating the manifesto, "Welcome to MacDonald" has been altered. The Socialist Club is still in the dark as to the police's attitude toward the free distribution of printed matter...