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Modern athletes are definitely superior to old timers according to Varsity football coach Henry Lamar. "In any sport where there is a standard or measure of achievement, you can see a marked improvement." As evidence for his statement, the former Junior Varsity and Freshman grid coach points to the rapid advancement in Harvard track and field marks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAMAR LAUDS NEW ATHLETES | 8/15/1944 | See Source »

Princeton will follow Harvard's plan of playing games of an informal nature and with nearby Institutions only. The last time the Tigers had to give up the grid sport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Authorities Move To Abandon Formal Football | 5/16/1944 | See Source »

Despite the presence of many players of Dunster House's undefeated team, the all-civilian grid-men fell victim to the V-12 eleven's early attack, 6-0. The Navy men maintained their superiority throughout the game, threatening several times after scoring in the first quarter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: V-12 Defeats Civilian Team | 11/23/1943 | See Source »

Startled motorists in Darien, Conn. buzzed along the first steel roadway last week. It was a test strip of steel grid, like the landing mats that surface emergency military airfields. The builders believed they were pioneering the highway of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Steel Highway | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

...important feature of the whole thing is the fact that the guns so resemble the real ones in firing and the floor is laid out in grid squares so accurately with relation to the model that the most realistic flaring conditions are obtained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: -:-MUZZLEBLAST -:- | 5/21/1943 | See Source »

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