Word: guard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Following their great battle with Exeter Saturday in which they were defeated by a four point margin, a fundamental change in the first year defense is announced by Coach A. W. Samborski '25. Lewis and La Rue will be replaced at left and right guard respectively by Harper and Glenn. Ward and Wenner will remain in the forward positions, the burden of the attack falling on their shoulders. They were the stars of the Exeter game, both showing flashy form. With Waterman, rangy center, to cooperate with them they present a formidable combination...
Tonight's lineup is unchanged from the last game. With the exception of the right guard position the various posts are practically secure. Dorn is being pushed by Slocum in the right forward berth. The veteran will start tonight, but Slocum who has shown marked improvement in his last two games will have an opportunity to show his mettle before the game is far advanced...
...swan battalion a guard of 600 soldiers has been maintained, with swan-priests and swan-caretakers swelling the number of swan-attendants to 1,043. Daily these pampered birds waddled forth, led by a cream-colored First Swan, between lines of soldiers. For an hour the road along which the swans waddled was blocked to other traffic. Then they waddled into their sacred pool, swam like 300 small white clouds serenely on the waters, quacked, splashed, fought, cohabited and waddled back at eve to their holy swan house...
...outstanding player on the floor. The tall Crimson left forward scored seven baskets from the floor and added five from the penalty stripe, for a 19-point total, and the evening's scoring honors. Shumway, the highly advertised Williams forward, was pitted against Barbee, and against the Crimson guard's close guarding could produce only three baskets...
Coach A. W. Samborski '25 has discovered a new left guard in Lewis who has come to the front in the last two weeks and will answer the opening whistle with La Rue to ward off the Exonian attack...