Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With instructions to work only at half speed the boys are then paired off to box lightly with one another, care being taken to see that at no time do they work any faster than half speed until they have familiarized themselves with the sport sufficiently to preclude the possibility of accidents. After two or three weeks of this I find the students here at Harvard are capable of such good work that the rounds are full of action and the full benefit of the exercise results...
...special attention is paid to footwork. Then the men are split up in pairs and work at half speed for three or four rounds. In this way they are given a chance to try the punches, and are not afraid to black them, and as a result develop much faster than under any other plan. As a result of the use of this method last year, three Freshman beginners won championships in their respective classes. This work will continue until the University tournament is held in March...
...University team worked well together but was unable to stop the rushes of its faster opponents...
...Harvard excelled in the backfield and her runners were faster and more slippery. So strong and connected were the line assaults of the Crimson, that Yale was compelled to man its line of forward at all times with seven players, thereby protecting its backfield area with only four...
...certain for the Wasplegs; and Saturday's performance showed that their boasts were not unfounded. Keck put up by all odds the greatest exhibition of line-play that has been seen in the Stadium this year. The ubiquitous Keck, who tips the scales at a paltry 212 pounds, is faster than many an end. This "ring-tailed roarer and curly wolf" covered punts like a demon possessed, and when he hit the receiver, picked him up bodily and catapulted him five years backward. Fitzgeraid stood some wicked punishing in this way. On the defense Keck was the Gibraltar...