Word: osmanski
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Both clubs desperately needed a win. It served as a tremendous shot in the arm to the Harvards, even though their performance against an inferior football team was nowhere near perfection. As for Holy Cross' dentist-coach Bill Osmanski, he must keep trying to produce what Art Valpey has just achieved--a first victory...
...backfield, it is fairly light for a Crusader team but being all-sophomore its consequent inexperience has been the source of many of Osmanski's troubles. Fumbles and penalties, among other errors of omission and commission, have hurt Holy Cross to the extent of five straight losses...
Quite naturally, Osmanski has installed the Chicago Bear T formation--the system under which he himself played--at Holy Cross. This means that at least half the plays are run from the basic T with a minimum of flankers and men in motion...
This week, Osmanski has been working overtime on offense, for the Cross attack bogged down at critical times against Yale last Saturday. The Purple failed to score in four tries from the one-yard line and the offense stalled several times inside...
...Osmanski, after much experimenting early in the fall, chose to string along with a batch of sophomores up from an excellent freshman team. However, the second-year men (there will be approximately six of them in the starting lineup) have failed to live up to expectations, although their mistakes appear to have become less conspicuous each week...