Word: earls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most of the time was spent on defense against Brown passing plays, with End Coach Earl Brown and Greely Summers doing the chucking. Harlow was very pleased by the Varsity performance on the defense and called it "very encouraging...
...Army and Navy made paragons of a soldier and a sailor. Soldier Earl L. Short (see cut) was chosen from 7,000 others as the "Perfect Selectee" at Virginia's Fort Belvoir; Sailor Henry Harlan Blake (see cut, p. 41) was pronounced "Typical" by the Pacific Fleet. Soldier Short is 23, stands 6 ft. i in., weighs 185 lb.; Sailor Blake is 24, stands 5 ft. 11 in., weighs about 180 lb. Short is from Georgia, Blake from West Virginia. Neither is married. Short is taller and heavier than the average draftee (who is 5 ft. 8 in., weighs...
Last week football fans wondered whether Army Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik had not done even better. Like Leahy, Blaik was called back to his alma mater (from Dartmouth) this year to take over a team of veterans who required unteaching as well as teaching. Like Leahy, he was lucky enough to inherit from last year's freshman ranks one flashy newcomer: Halfback Ralph Hill, who lopes like a gazelle and can stop on a dime. With Hill and a little shuffling of old hands, Blaik, a strict disciplinarian and master strategist, came up with a winning combination...
...second period had begun it didn't take Army long to find out that around the ends and through the center the Harvard line was invincible. And so it fell back on its assortment of flashy backs to maintain the U.S.M.A.'s hopes for an undefeated season and Coach Earl Blaik's seven year streak over Dick Harlow...
Dick Harlow, the Crimson mentor, has never seen his teams beat a team coached by Earl "Red" Blaik, the present Army coach. For seven years before going to West Point, Blaik kept Harlow-coached elevens from taking a game from Dartmouth...