Word: drills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arduous drive of the 1929 football campaign has ended. Yesterday afternoon's light offensive and defensive drill brought to a close the preparation of Harvard's gridiron forces for tomorrow's climatic struggle with the powerful eleven from Yale...
This afternoon Coach Horween's squad will run through a 15-minute signal drill and then repair to the Belmont Spring Country Club. After a period of complete rest, the Crimson players will return to Cambridge at 9.30 o'clock this evening. Spirit runs high in the Harvard camp as every player, with the exception of Potter who is suffering from an injured foot, is in excellent physical condition...
Yesterday afternoon's session found the Harvard squad working out in the protection of the Briggs baseball cage. The 1932 class team and the Seconds once again demonstrated the Blue attacking formations. Following this drill the players received instruction from the individual coaches. Forward and lateral passing was once again emphasized as the backs brushed up on their attack...
Booth was allowed to take part in the drill for only 15 minutes. The star Yale back limped considerably and appeared to be rather pale, as a result of being confined to the infirmary since last Thursday. While he was in the dummy scrimmage, he called signals and ran with the other backs in two or three plays. If Booth is used at all against Harvard, it will probably be for only one period. Head Coach Stevens stated that Booth's injury, a torn muscle, the vastus intermedius, usually requires several weeks before the leg can be used without...
...decided by the performance staged by the two opposing lines, as both teams have excellent backfields. Coach Walsh also told his men that he expected them to break through the Harvard line and break up Barry Wood's passes. Coach Ducky Pond took charge of the backs in the drill on fundamentals preceding the supervised scrimmage, and pointed out mistakes that had been made in the Princeton combat