Word: game
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forward line problem was still far from solved after yesterday's practice. W. Ticknor changed to guard again, but a new man slipped in at right tackle. Kuehn, who played a steady game as substitute in the Dartmouth clash, was given the assignment. This change, however, seems to be only experimental...
...must protect itself in some way from this weekly invasion, and the present system seems to be not only expedient, but also very effective if the decrease in attendance in the cages since the Army game can be a criteria Climbing fence is not a major crime, but merely an annoyance, and ridicule undoubtedly has a sobering influence. Besides, the caging not only protects the Athletic Association but also must to some degree appease that adolescent craving for publicity. What more equitable justice is there than that which satisfies not only the prosecutor, but also the punished...
Those are the simple facts of the story, but the clash proved that Dartmouth belongs among the elite and that Harvard has far from a good team. The game was won and lost in the forward lines. The Crimson rush line gave a dismal exhibition. On the defense great holes, through which the Dartmouth interference and ball carriers paraded, were blasted in it by the rugged Green charges. It was the line's failure to make openings which sealed the doom of the Harvard running attack and the Crimson passers were hurried by the India linemen sifting through the porous...
...bright spot of the afternoon was the play of B. H. Ticknor '31. Suffering from a leg injury throughout the week preceding the game, he was inserted in the starting lineup at the last minute. The rangy center was in on every play and made the majority of the tackles for his team. Devens too turned in a good performance. The powerful Sophomore halfback was the only Crimson ball-carrier who could make any progress and it was only by dint of sheer strength that he plunged through the solid masses which confronted...
...injuries resulted from the game and this week should find considerable reorganization in the Harvard football camp