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When Hal Moffle snagged a Jim Kenary forward and scooted 30 yards to set up Harvard's first win in a month Saturday, the coaching prowess of Freshman mentor Henry Nicholson Lamar as well as that of Dick Harlow came in for a put on the back. For the Kenary-Moffie combo first clicked in last Fall's yarding eleven, which catapulted a record seven players to this year's Varsity ranks...
...Lamar, that tall Southern gentleman who exhorts his charges with an intense, pleasant voice blending a Dixie drawl and Bostonian, it is that kind of exhibition that makes his task worthwhile. "It's a tremendous thrill to see the boys you've coached as Freshmen make good," he beams. An unusually high percentage of Lamar-coached footballers have received letters in their sophomore year...
Born in Washington, D. C., Lamar first broke into the athletic world as a high school senior, when in 1925 he won the A.A.U. junior light-heavyweight boxing title. That fall he entered the University of Virginia...
...Virginia Varsity, coached by Earl "Greasy" Neal, Lamar was "just one of the boys" in the line, doing most of his work at tackle. The Virginia team, unlike today's Cavaliers, were "an average squad" that tied Princeton once while Lamar was in the line...
...Yale offenses were obtained by extensive scouting since the start of the season. Wayne Johnson, graduate student and backfield star of the 1942 eleven, has seen most of the Eli games, while Lamar, Harry Jacunski, and Chief Boston have watched the Bulldogs perform off and on this fall...