Word: oologists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...remainder of the backfield is still in a state of extreme flux. A lot depends on what formation Coach Harlow decides on for his 1947 outfit. There are signs that the wily oologist still has his heart set on using a straight T sometime soon, despite his hasty abandonment of it this year. When Dick switched to his mysterious L formation, he did so because he had no heavy-duty blocking back or T quarterback, and wanted to make his outside plays go by using his guards for the line trapping and by giving his blocking backs easy angles...
...charge of the Varsity line is Herb Kopp, who captained one of Harlow's carliest, and most successful elevens in the days when the oologist was cutting his coaching teeth at Western Maryland. Harry Jacunski, former Fordham end who later earned a few dollars with the Green Bay Packers, will handle the ends...
...sufficient to say that Dick Harlow should have a somewhat cheerier outlook than usual when practice starts on Soldier's Field the day after Labor Day. It's conceded that the Yalies, among others, will present an awesome spectacle come November, but at least the Cambridge oologist has the basis for a Varsity squad which might inject a few surprises into the Eastern grid-iron picture...
Dick Harlow, pre-war Crimson mentor and oologist, is in the United States Naval Reserve at present, but Henry Lamar, former Jayvee coach and boxing instructor, is trying to make this wartime edition of a Harvard football team come as close as possible to a Harlow-coached squad. Harlow always refuted the idea of a set "system," but many of his basic ideas on offense and defence have been used consistently, with minor variations from year to year...
...addition to unbeatable spirit, however, it was also the skill of oologist Harlow that produced the last-second winning touchdown. The Crimson coach noticed that Princeton was playing a six, three, two man defense in which the line and the secondary rushed the ball handler in order to hamper Harvard's passing attack...