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...minute full-speed dummy scrimmage a long forward passing drill, some kicking under pressure, and the 1938 Varsity football team was ready for the invasion of the Brown cohorts tomorrow...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Harlow Eases Off For Year's Opener With Bruin Team | 9/30/1938 | See Source »

True, there will be practice today, but only a half hour's kicking drill in the stadium and some tossing the ball around is carded. For one thing, Coach Harlow feels that his club is all set, For another, there is a group of five of the boys who must attempt such mundane pursuits as taking Bible and Shakespeare exams this afternoon...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Harlow Eases Off For Year's Opener With Bruin Team | 9/30/1938 | See Source »

Frank Foley has missed a whole week of scrimmaging and was only ready for contact work this Tuesday; that alone is enough to make Harding seem a certainty. Also, in yesterday's drill Harding found himself in the "A" backfield almost all the time, and his forward passing was easily the outstanding feature of the practice...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Harlow Eases Off For Year's Opener With Bruin Team | 9/30/1938 | See Source »

...Salvation Army mobilized for peace-prayer services throughout the world. In London spry, 72-year-old General Evangeline Booth led 500 of her followers to a hall on the bank of the Thames, put them through prayer-drill with martial commands, "Shut your eyes!" "Clasp your hands!" "Get down on your knees!" "Stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: On The Verge | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...said of the excellent athletic program carried on in the Camp. Soft ball was the predominant sport, volley ball was a close second, while the barnyard game of horse-shoes took the "spare" time of many enthosiasts. "It's a ringer" was heard many an afternoon between close of drill and retreat. The final game of the soft ball league, played on Visitors' Day, was a thriller, such as one reads about in the sports magaiznes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALES OF MIL. SCI., NAVAL R.O.T.C. CAMPS | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

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