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With high scorer Jack Sheehy sinking shots from inside the keyhole and footbal star Dick Meade scoring from all distances the Big Red Dominated second half play completely. A long set by Meade gave cornell the lead at 6:15, but the Crimson managed to stay within a basket until the 13-minute mark...

Author: By Lee Pollak, | Title: Crimson Will Meet Yale in Basketball Fencing | 3/5/1955 | See Source »

...result of his research, McCabe succeeded in adapting the Michigan single wing to high school footbal. He simplified it, for example, by making all spins, full spins, and using only the basic plays. He found that without long hours of practice that are impossible in high schools, half a dozen men handling the ball merely increased the possibility of fumbling without conspicuously adding to the deception. Despite waves of injuries to his 25 football candidates, his team came second in the league...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Unsung McCabe Comes to Harvard By Way of Tailback, Wingback, Iowa | 11/16/1948 | See Source »

...FOOTBAL...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Sports Schedule | 9/28/1937 | See Source »

...perfectly true that the present system of high-pressure football thrown on the altar of the golden calf, is not an ideal one, either from the general standpoint of sportsmanship, or from the point of view of the players. Nevertheless, it is equally true that the system has advantages, that it permits a greater expansion of lesser sports, and that in any case, it will not be altered until the Athletic Association places all sport on a sound financial basis. If and when the football system goes, West Point, since it is an unsuitable match for Harvard from the standpoint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEST POINT | 10/18/1933 | See Source »

...announcement was not official since the Harvard authorities had been hoping to withold it until the footbal banquet on Friday evening but the news broke out yesterday afternoon and, although at first categorically denied by the Athletic Association, was later confirmed as authoritative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Casey Named Harvard Football Coach as Successor to Horween | 12/10/1930 | See Source »

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