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...stadium, first big-time football edifice ever built, was completed in 1904, and was known as "The Classic Gridiron" or more familiarly "The Allston Horseshoe...
...There were 57,000 in all, more than ever before. They were waiting to see Harvard's first All-American since '23, a raw-boned center named in Ben Ticknor. And they were waiting to see the beginning of one of the most colorful stories in the local gridiron history, the memorable battle between Barry Wood and little Albie Booth...
Although he is a Harvard Overseer, Wood also owes allegiance to Washington University, a former gridiron non-entity which gained overnight notoriety after inclusion on next fall's Crimson schedule. Wood wouldn't go out on the limb to predict the winner, but he did say that the Bears are a tough "T" team, with two or three outstanding ballplayers and a strong first string. He wasn't sure, however, that they would have the depth to keep up with Harvard next October...
...definite asset to the team is the addition of ex-varsity football captain Warren "Red" Wylie. Although he is now to rugby this year, his gridiron tactics have stood him in good stead and he looks better every day. Hard charging, shifty broken field running, and deceptive ball handling are as much as advantage in rugby as in football, and Wylie is a master of them all. From his new found position of three-quarter center, "Red" should give the ruggers a terrific punch...
...tallest men on last seasons's squad, the six-foot-five-inch center, who also played on the '52 football squad, was an Everett High School basketball and gridiron star...