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After three days of conditioning workouts, the University football forces engaged in charging drill yesterday afternoon for the first time this season. Tackling the dummy, strenuous blocking, and charging the machine were all on Coach Horween's first really hard program of work...
...Coach Horween early decided to abandon the huddle which had marked his attack of previous years, but the same fundamental form of running offense was employed from the start. The characteristic formation was that of the double wing back variety with a flying interferer on all plays. Starting with excellent backfield material Horween was enabled to get his attacking forces rolling earlier and functioning more smoothly than usual...
...second team got a chance to show its ability in the next week's encounter against Lehigh, and, once started, did so with a vengeance. The lighter Pennsylvania out fit, though game to the end, was no match for Horween's men and bowed under an avalanche of touchdowns...
...jerseyed players went to New Haven with all the confidence in the world. The result was a smashing 17 to 0 victory over the Elis, the first Harvard triumph since 1922. The work of Captain A. E. French '29 and David Guarnaccia '29, all season the backbone of the Horween offense, was the outstanding feature of the game. But their brilliance was made possible by a marvellous line which tore the Blue to shreds and payed the way for Harvard's return to football prestige...
...season came to an official close with the regular football banquet held during December at the Harvard Club of Boston. It was announced that Horween would return for another season and the speakers of the evening were W. J. Bingham '16. Director of Athletics, Horween, French, and Barrett...