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...Thayer Drake, of Chatman, New Jersey, and Winthrop House, was elected captain of the 1943 Varsity soccer team at a meeting of lettermen in Dillon Field House yesterday. Drake, inside forware on this year's eleven, received the post following two seasons on the first squad, and one as standout on the '40 Yardling aggregation...
Harvard's 1943 football captain, a purely nominal position, since most of the men eligible for the honor will be out of College long before another season rolls around, will be elected this afternoon at a meeting of the 29 lettermen in Dillon Field House at 2 o'clock...
...meet the Coast Guard and other service teams, besides college opponents in and out of the Eastern intercollegiate League, Brown has five returning from the 13 lettermen on his first Harvard team last season, a team which ended up fourth in the league behind Dartmouth, Princeton, and Cornell--with a record of five wins and seven losses...
...forwards are the big question according to Coach Brown. Lettermen who are in the fight for a starting position are George Dillon, Tom Axon, and Dick Elken. From the '45 quintet, Dean Honnessey and Frank Bixler, both of whom scored a lot of points for the Yardlings, may make the grade although Brown feels they still need experience. Al Reade, a Senior, and Dick Forster, who played at forward and center for the '45 team, are also trying for a regular berth. And George Boston, Freshman end on the football team, who played center for Dean Academy, is expected...
Among the lettermen that will be missing this year are Captain and guard Bud Finegan and forward Ed Buckley who are both in the Marines. Ed Rothschild is in the Law School now and Joe Romano, whose where-abouts are unknown, has a brother in the Class of '46 who is on the Freshman-Jayvee squad. Bumy Hadley, Bill Snyder, Art Scully, and Jock Torgan, although all still in school, have not yet reported for practice for various reasons, while Billy Webber is in the Navy, and Chick Lutz is in the Army...