Word: pratt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first match played E. D. Pratt '27 was defeated by J. D. DuBois 3L, of the Cambridge Club team, 15-10, 12-15, 15-11., 9-15, 15-9. In yesterday's matches all three of Harvard's men won, Capt; H. N. Rawlins '27 defeating T. E. Jansen 11, 15-11, 8-15, 15-5, 15-8, P. M. Len hart '27 downing Capt. E. M. Upjohn of the Cambridge Club, 18-17, 15-10, 7-15, 9-15, 15-9, and H. B. Jackson '27 conquering G. B. Perkins...
...Harvard victory was won in spite of the fact that R. L. Debevoise '29, brother of last year's University Captain, was missing from the lineup. Debevoise had previously played No. 4 on the team, but was temporarily out of the match with an injury. E. D. Pratt '27 from Team B took the place of J. L. Pool '28 at No. 5, who was moved up into Debevoise's position...
...Soule '27 head usher, E. B. Jackson '28 assistant, W. M. Bump '28, E. O'Gale '27, C. S. M. Grayson '27, J. D. Howe '28, R. B. Hocking '28, J. H. Harwood Jr., '27, Sargent Kennedy '28, J. C. Rueter '28, R. A. Magowan '27, E. D. Pratt '27, C. G. Raymond '27, H. Hare Jr., '27, O. E. Shattuck '27, Alexander Doneld '27, O. R. Rice E.T.S...
...election of Pratt by this year's lettermen comes as no suprise to the college. For three years the rangy left tackle has played a prominent role in a Harvard forward line, for one year as a Freshman on the 1928 eleven that was nosed out by the Yale first-year outfit on Soldiers Field by the margin of one point. Last fall he played substitute tackle to Coady, this year's leader and to Lindner, but this year his all-round line play, and especially his down-the-field work and his threat to opposing punters...
Besides starring on the football squads of three years, Pratt has also figured heavily in the summary of the track teams, both Freshman and University for the last two years. Against Yale last spring he gained three second places in his specialties, the shot-put, the javelin throw, and the discus event. He also qualified for the Intercollegiates on the following week-end, and though he failed to break into the scoring column in the face of the country's best weight men, he showed sufficient potentiality to make him a serious threat for intercollegiate honors this spring...