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Since you made passing reference to Centre College's former dominance on the Southern gridiron, in your informative Southern football writeup [TIME, Oct. 25], the following facts may enthrall...
That group is the team itself. Few students know the actual drudgery that goes into the building of a great gridiron machine. Beginning early in September every man on the squad, and many that did not make the Varsity, worked for over three hours a day in a hard, bruising grind on the practice fields. They worked, and it is the hardest kind of physical labor, for most of the fun is reserved for the Saturday games; and they did more. Their whole lives for the fall months revolve around thoughts only of football. Yet all are required to keep...
Harvard football teams have always been comprised of men who were primarily students and incidentally football players. In 1934 Harvard received a sound trouncing from Yale on the gridiron. Football here was at a low ebb, both with regard to achievement and morale. Then, if never before, voices from all sides insisted that with the new commercialization in college competition Harvard could not win unless some modification of the "student first" rule took effect. Perhaps not proselytism in all the materialism of the term, but some arrangement to make it easier for stars to come here. On November...
Hessberg is a veteran of three seasons, famed for his brilliant field running. He scored the tying touchdown against Dartmouth with twelve seconds to go on a pass from Frank, and last week against Princeton had a field day all over the gridiron. Besides his running ability, he has turned into a good defensive back. He can also kick and pass, but with Colwell and Frank in the line-up it is unlikely that he will see service in these fields...
...paper or on the gridiron, the aggregation arriving from New Haven this Friday will not be an easy one to beat. The Elis have defeated Army and tied Dartmouth, both of whom boast Harvard scalps. Time after time they have displayed the necessary power in the pinches to score, and against the teams shared in common, have yielded only 16 points to the 40 which these same elevens (Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton and Army) have tallied on Harvard. On the other hand, the Harlow offense has been good for 76 as against Yale's 69 on these same colleges...