Word: kickers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rugged opposition. Herb Stearns and Don Hagerman capably fill the guard posts although both were at different positions last season. Hagerman was a tackle and Stearns a center, but Ellinger shifted them when graduation of the entire center of the line forced an alteration. Hagerman is the expert placement kicker of the Green who enabled the Indians to tie the Crimson last year and he has been even more accurate this year. Carl Ray, the heavy pudgy center who was the star on last year's freshman eleven has been a bulwark in the Dartmouth line and his defensive play...
...French club has an exceptions kicker in Victor Casanova, while the return of Jose Mayoraga and vie Raring former football star will strengilien the Harvard lineup. The game on the best exhibitions of light play ver seen at Cambridge...
...cartoonist portrayed the General with swelling bosom standing before the huge and hungry lion of Public Opinion while a placard announced "General Johnson will positively put his head in the Lion's mouth." Another had the General standing back to back with a jackass ("Great American Kicker"), and urging "Go on kick, I dare ya to!" A third had the embattled General surrounded with snowballs, brickbats and dead cats, belligerently challenging all comers: "Come on! Let's see y'u throw something...
Dean did some beautiful punting while the coaches worked on protection for the kicker and on having the ends get down the field as fast as possible. When the Jayvees received the ball in their turn in the informal scrimmage, emphasis was placed on the Varsity wingbacks taking out the scrub ends. Crickard made some excellent catches of kicks by Adams of the Jayees...
With a good center, passer, punter and place-kicker, the rest of it did not worry Mr. Yost much. His object was to school his team in defense, teach them football (at least as much football as he possibly could) and impress upon them the value of following the ball...