Word: floridas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Today at the Middlesex Fells Zoo in Stoneham a native of sunny Florida is paying an extended visit to his Massachusetts relatives. The Florida alligator, which Captain Rainey Cawthon of the Florida team presented to Captain Barrett of the Crimson before the game last Saturday, after making himself a nuisance to football managers and candidates, has changed his place of residence...
...reported in sound physical condition. O'Connell was back at his right end post, and it seems quite definite that he and Douglas will start Saturday at the wings. There were no other lineup changes; the backfield combination of Wood, Putnam, Devens and Harper, which made its debut against Florida, was working together again. A short but snappy signal drill concluded the afternoon's practice...
Huguley sustained a body injury, the exact nature of which has not been revealed in the Florida tilt last Saturday. It was thought that he would be in harness yesterday but Dr. Richards diagnosed the injury as being serious enough to keep him out for a length of time. Huguley was a first string back up until the Dartmouth game when he was replaced by Devens. He got in against the Green however and did some nice punting...
Crowded out of the spotlight of Eastern football by the Yale-Dartmouth and Pitt-Ohio clashes, the Harvard-Florida game was however very significant to followers of the Crimson. Harvard shook off the gloom still hanging over from the Dartmouth rout and showed itself to be a rejuvenated eleven in setting the Alligators...
...should not be gathered that Harvard suddenly climbed to football, heights in handing Florida a 14 to 0 defeat, but the University players served notice on their three remaining opponents that they have trouble ahead of them. It was a different story altogether from the Dartmouth game. It was a new team, inspired by the return of the regular fullback, Harper, and under the leadership of a new quarterback, Wood, which showed marked improvement in its most apparent weakness, its defense. The much heralded trie of Cawthon, Bethea and Sauls could not produce any real offensive threat against the Crimson...