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Harlow has ruled out any scrimmaging before the game, and the session was completely devoid of contact work. The squad's spirit, which rises with every afternoon's work-out, zoomed higher than ever in the concluding signal drill, in which the Crimson ran through almost every play in its repertoire...
Preceding the contact work, Odell ran his charges through intensive passing and pass defensive drill, with flingers Tex Furse and Jack Robertson throwing to ends Vinnie Lynch, Dick Jenkins, and Jack Roderick. Roderick, slightly injured last week, was accustoming himself to a new helmet and noseguard...
Defense against aerial threats showed improvement over past performances this season. Art Fitzgerald, the halfback who scored three times against the Crimson last year, made his first appearance in heavy drill after a layoff of more than two weeks, following an aggravation of a pre-season injury in the Dartmouth game. Vandy Kirk, who broke his hand against Princeton, was on hand, but did not participate in heavy action...
...drill featured two scrimmage sessions, in which Coach Henry Lamar's Freshman outfit was employed in imitation of the Bulldogs on offense and defense against the Varsity "B" team. Harlow's first squad also worked with the Yardlings, but their activities involved no contact...
Yale game is an affair which involves no necessity for worry about the Crimson's psychological state. That the team will be "up" for its final contest, to a degree not paralleled since the Holy Cross game, is practically a foregone conclusion. Yesterday's drill was far more spirited than any other Monday session all fall...