Word: lights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Doriot, Professor of Industrial Management at the Business School, welcomes the case, "inasmuch as it brought to light the tremendous amount of lobbying done in this country...
Today's practice will be the final stiff workout before the men start tapering off for the opening game, only a light drill being on tap for tomorrow and a short signal drill filling the bill on Friday. With the line practically picked only the four backfield positions remain to be filled. Definite announcement of the eleven starting players will be made tomorrow...
...Friday morning and will take a short drill on the Stadium turf in the afternoon. That the team from Maine will be no setup is shown by the fact that their forward wall, led by 218-pound Harris Howe, giant tackle, averages 188 pounds. Their backfield however is extremely light, averaging only 155 per man. This is mainly due to the fact that Borstein, diminutive little quarter-back, weighs only 119 pounds...
...light man is under the same handicap in football as in rowing and it would seem that the 150-pound plan is particularly adaptable to the gridiron. It has as a matter of fact, been considered by various college athletic associations...
...difficulty in introducing 150-pound football teams on an intercollegiate basis seems to be that it would have to occur simultaneously in several colleges so that the light teams could have competition in their own class. --Boston Herald...