Word: cross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...glance at the Holy Cross roster, taken apart from its 1946 performance, will make it hard for any football follower to understand how the Crusaders have dropped three of their first four games this season. Another glance, and you begin to understand why the Crimson Varsity is facing what is easily its most rugged opposition of the current season on Saturday afternoon...
...Crusaders are experienced and huge--so huge that the Crimson front wall should be hard put to hold its present national lead in defense. The Holy Cross line averages well over 200 pounds, and almost all of its operatives have had considerable experience. The Crusaders also boast a large array of backs, all of whom are good at single specialties, but not possessing too much versatility. It has been this defect--passers that cannot run, runners who cannot pass, and kickers who can neither run nor pass--that has been attributed as a major cause of the Purple's misfortunes...
Coach Dick Harlow's daily battle with Father Time became an even more intense struggle yesterday, as the Crimson Varsity coach continued full-scale preparations for the Holy Cross contest Saturday...
...only change in the "A" team lineup was the elevation of Frank Miklos to quarterback, but the battle for that spot is still not decided, and Henry Goethals may answer the opening whistle against Holy Cross. Another indefinite post is that of left guard, with Nick Rodis, Bob Drennan and Sid Smith in the running for first team status...
...moans and muttered whispers, audible from soldiers Field to Andover Hall, have been increasing in volume as more and more of the undergraduates taking guests to the Holy Cross football game discover the deplorable location of the seats to which they have been assigned by the H.A.A. ticket office. Seniors and Freshmen alike are discovering that their right to two or three "preferred" seats means only that they are permitted to watch the game from somewhere inside the gates. Literally hundreds of students will be bravely cheering from sections 39 and 40 or seats even further into the southern...