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...stiff workouts of the last few days gave way to a light practice for the University gridiron men yesterday. Another gruelling practice, like the three and a half hour session of Wednesday might easily result in last minute injuries which could seriously handicap the team in its battle with Georgia tomorrow. For this reason, Coach Fisher has postponed further practice games until next week...
...HAVENS, CONN., October 12. Yale football, practice this week has been featured by the return of O'Hearn, last fall's star Freshman quarterback, to active playing. O'Hearn has been on the sick list since the opening days of gridiron work this fall. He has been guiding the first eleven in practice scrimmages this week and has displayed excellent ability. He showed up especially well in Tuesday's practice game when he piloted Team A to three touchdowns against the scrubs, making several long runs himself...
East overcame West decisively Saturday afternoon at the Stadium when the University players smothered Indiana under a 19-0 score in the first big intersectional game of the 1921 football season. Coach Fisher's gridiron machine ran up a lead of 13 points in the first half, sweeping the Hoosiers off their feet by brilliant defensive and offensive work, especially on the part of the forwards, who recovered fumbles and blocked punts galore. The heavy rain in the last half was conducive to anything but good football and neither team was able to develop an attack worthy of the name...
Such a suggestion coming from a coach arouses our curiosity, who, as spectators, have always thought that football was far more of a science than the placing of poundage on the gridiron. We have observed that teams are lined up so as to make the most of weight, and yet not lose speed. That distinction seemed to us part of the scientific aspect of the game,--speaking only as spectators, of course...
What arouses our curiosity most is how the idea originated. Some people may consider the gridiron a scene of brutal sport, especially those who know little about it. Such people would probably object to the game no matter what conditions prevailed regarding weight. And even they must have observed that the big men are as liable to injury as the little ones. Coach Heisman's suggestion leaves us bewildered. Just what does it prove...