Word: fisher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Saturday night the University announced the program for the building of the new Graduate School of Business Administration which is to be erected with $4,000,000 of the $5,000,000 gift made to the Unviersity late in April by George Fisher Baker, a New York banker. The remaining $1,000,000 will be used chiefly for the development of the grounds...
Saturday's game between Captain Greenough's team and Coach Knox's scrubs, which resulted in a 20 to 0 victory for the University eleven, proved once again the driving power of the offense and the invincibility of the defense that Coach Fisher has already developed. Not one first down did the Crimson players yield, while Greenough, Maher; and Cheek each crosed their opponents' line once and Beals Noked two goals after touchdown...
...veteran player, Darby, an end. Who will play in the Harvard backfield, however, is the question every one is asking. Hammond, Miller, and Gehrke have been out of scrimmage for several days, and no one seems to know when they will return. From Friday and Saturday's scrimmages. Coach Fisher's plan appears to be to shift Cheek from the quarterback berth and make him offensive back with either Samborski or Home and Maher, the last named to do the punting...
...Fisher Adopting a New System...
...fourth member of the backfield will probably be the veteran quarterback, Spalding, although recent developments lead one to believe that Coach Fisher is breaking away from the inactive field general idea. A three man backfield on the offense has characterized Fisher Coached teams for many years. The theory has been that a quarterback who does not wear himself out carrying the ball is best able to direct the team. The scheme has worked with admirable success but if it were possible to develop a player with this same ability coupled with strong offensive powers, the team would be so much...