Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reversal of the field with the quarter brought a reversal in Harvard play. Spreyer, George Heiden, and later Fran Lee ripped through the now sieve-like Princeton line. After Gene Lovett intercepted an Allerdice pass in the second period, Lee broke away for a 47-yard touchdown dash, and although Frazier Curtis failed to convert, Harvard stands continued their mad milling...
Statistics show that the teams were even in number of first downs and yards gained by running. Princeton had a slight edge in passing although Allerdice was quite effectively checked by an improved and alert Harvard secondary. It was kicking that made the breaks, with the Crimson not only bottled by Peters' boot but set back by three blocked punts on Sprener...
Coach Dick Harlow was lavish in his praise of the improvement the Harvard squad had made. The Sophomores, of course, came in for a lion's share of the plandits, but it was Senior Tom Healey who was the apple of Dick's eye. Of Worcester Tom, he said, "the best game of tackle any Harvard boy has ever played...
...quick to heap praise on the Tigers, both collectively and individually. He paid especial tribute to Captain Bob Tierney, Peters, and Jackson. Asked if the absence of Herring weakened the Orange and Black line and allowed the Crimson attack to function for the first time since Chicago, the Harvard mentor replied that most of Spreyer's and Helden's thrusts were directed at the guards, not the tackles
Yardlings are urged to come and meet the girls they will want to go out with for the next four years. There will be no definite date assignments, and every Harvard man will get a chance to meet more than one collegian. Most of the Radcliffe Freshman class will be in the turnout, and Wellesley will be heavily represented...