Word: fall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coach and the toughest schedule of fall sports makes pregame predictions for the Varsity soccer team an unusually risky proposition. J. Bruce Munro, the new coach, avoids forecasts but assents to the problems of the schedule...
...record turnout of pre-season players on double practices, which featured kicking, trapping and passing drills with the occasional scrimmage. Three of last year's first squad, which ended up with a creditable seven and two record, have graduated including a first-string halfback and fullback, but last fall's Freshmen had a couple of stars who were considered good bets to make the Varsity last year...
After making the All-American soccer team, and the All-New England team, for Springfield in the fall of 1940, Munro was also picked for the All-New England lacrosse team in the spring. He then took his M.A. at Springfield acting as assistant soccer and lacrosse coach, before entering the Army where he spent the next four and a half years, mostly as a captain in the South Pacific...
Except for the steady voice of a quarterback calling signals, or a very occasional remark by one of the coaches, Soldiers Field is an unusually quiet place this fall. The old electric megaphone has disappeared...
...team starts at nine in the morning and ends at six in the evening with a brief break for lunch. Last year, the Crimson named the jayvee's field the Blood Pit. This fall, for the long gruelling sessions marked by hard contact and spirited battles between the squad's members for varsity positions, we name the varsity area the Blood...