Word: gridiron
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this afternoon brings disappointment to the potential spectators, but relief to the Harvard Band. For according to rumor, the musicians who so unfortunately stayed at home not only possess the most gigantic drum in the history of Lafayette, Indiana, but are a group of men whose manoeuvres on the gridiron are equalled only by the warriors once in moleskin and silk. There was a time, just after the war, when the Harvard Band had a monopoly on football music, or at least on intermission parades; but those happy days are gone with the rest of the happy Harvard football days...
...Hoosier Band had arrived to match its skill with the best Harvard can offer, there would have been no consternation in the stands. For Harvard has confidence in its musicians--only too often, indeed, it has had to depend on them to defend its glory on the gridiron. Those exercisers of lung and finger carry the Crimson standard high as they parade through the goalposts--before the game--and again when they return courtesy for courtesy between the halves. Only one really pernicious habit has cropped out in the Harvard Band. It made its first appearance in the Princeton game...
...Michigan, for the first time in 25 years, the punishment was not directed by Coach Fielding H. ("Hurry Up") Yost. Overwhelmed by duties incident to the general direction of athletics at Michigan, the grey-haired gridiron notable turned the post of head coach over to his right hand man, Tad Weiman. One of the most famed coaches of all time, Yost has won nine Western Conference championships out of 15. Since 1901, his teams have scored 5,989 points; their opponents 834. Yost's retirement came almost coincidentally with the announcement from New Haven that famed Tad Jones...
...Crosby '28 and David Gurarnacia '28 Harvard will have two fast, shifty backs. Two years ago Crosby, as a Sophomore, was the sensation of the University season, but was ineligible last fall. Gurarnacia was a gridiron unknown in his Freshman year, but last season rose from the Seconds and developed into one of the fastest interfering backs and the most accurate passer on the University squad. This pair shoud bother the Vermont defense in today's game...
...squad is not blessed with an extraordinarily powerful kicker, but Burns, who will handle the booting asignment this afternoon, is a capable punter. A. E. French '29 and T. G. Moore '29, two backs who are certain to get into the game, are the other kickers on the University gridiron squad...