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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Monday's light workout, which consisted of the usual blackboard lecture and easy kicking, group work, and signal rehearsal, was followed yesterday by a heavier drill, brushing up weak points shown by Saturday's game. Individual practice was stressed, each player receiving special attention. The kicking of Murrel, and the dropkicking of Cagle and O'Keefe featured the practice...
...Fisher, who has been instrumental in arranging this game, is highly pleased at the success of the project. He says that Harvard alumni generally, and especially those in Texas, will enthusiastically approve of this game. "What we particularly desire," said Mr. Fisher, "is a closer contact between Harvard and the Southwest, and we took this football game as a short-cut to our goal. You know, two strange business men can get closer together in an afternoon of golf than they might in weeks of correspondence, phone calls, or even business visits. It is the same in inter-university matters...
...game itself," said Mr. Fisher, "I have frankly told Bill Bingham, the Harvard director of athletics, that if Texas has a good team in 1931, the game will be no set-up, but a real contest. He realizes that this is true, especially if Texas 'points' for the game. As to the game and the final score, I just hope the better team will win on merit, not on flukes or fumbles. The possibility of the score doesn't interest me so much as the fact of the game itself. What pleases me is that Harvard, the oldest American university...
...both of whom formerly had posts on Team C, were in the Team A lineup yesterday when Coach Horween inaugurated his weeks practice in preparation for the West Point game. Ogden had the left end assignment while White took the place of the injured Harper at fullback...
Standish took the lead in the fall inter-dormitory football series by defeating Smith Halls 7 to 0 on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. McJenett was the stellar light in the victors lineup by scoring both the touchdown and the point after. Gore and McKinlock played a scoreless game, thereby remaining tied for second place in the standings. On the basis of two points for a win and one for a tie, Standish leads with three, Gore and McKinlock hold second place with two, and Smith has won but one point...