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...Princeton two years ago, was at left guard in place of John Parkinson '29, while Mason replaced David Guarnaccia '29 in the Crimson backfield. Unless A. E. French '29 starts tomorrow's game at either quarter or halfback, the chances seem pretty good of Mason's facing the Hoosier eleven. The Sophomore, although very light, is one of the best punters on the squad and also a speedy runner. With G. E. Donaghy '29 out of action for two weeks at least. Mason will be needed to carry out the punting assignment unless the coaches decide to make...
...offense, on the short end of a 19 to 0 score. After a six year interlude in gridiron relations between Cambridge and the Middle West, the football representatives of Purdue, another Indiana university, appeared on the Stadium turf last Saturday and reversed by the same count the former Harvard Hoosier football verdict...
...line defense in the mind of all who witnessed the second Stadium clash of east and mid-West. In almost every respect Saturday was the reversal of the 1921 battle; it was this time the Harvard eleven which never got started offensively on the defense; and it was the Hoosier backs who gained almost at will, and who seemed several times on the point of rolling up a bigger score...
Even if the Hoosier Band had arrived to match its skill with the best Harvard can offer, there would have been no consternation in the stands. For Harvard has confidence in its musicians--only too often, indeed, it has had to depend on them to defend its glory on the gridiron. Those exercisers of lung and finger carry the Crimson standard high as they parade through the goalposts--before the game--and again when they return courtesy for courtesy between the halves. Only one really pernicious habit has cropped out in the Harvard Band. It made its first appearance...
...speed and accurate handling of the ball. Few plays, according to information gathered in the Boilermaker's camp yesterday afternoon, are likely to be directed at the Crimson guards this afternoon. Off tackle slants, and sweeps, and a deadly forward pass are the weapons which have constantly carried the Hoosier eleven to victory...