Word: slightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...three long years fleet Bob MacLeod was the heart and soul of the Dartmouth offense. His dreaded climax running ability was something that no team could stop worrying about until the final gun had sounded. One slight defensive lapse and this spectacular Indian might be off to the races...
Make no mistake about that Indian line. As long as the first-string men are able to hold out, Dartmouth will probably have a slight edge on Harvard. Line tutor Ellinger has a habit of coming up with a pretty good forward wall, and this year is no exception. Nevertheless, the Green are green and are quite capable of being duped by Harvard gulle...
...starting Dartmouth backs are light, and they got even smaller when Coach Blaik digs down into his reserve material. The Harvard forward wall will probably have a slight weight advantage on its Hanover rivals, so Crimson followers have no reason to expect their team to be pushed all over the field. One of the most potent of the Green scoring weapons is said to be their aerial attack, but it has yet to click in a game...
Among the principals, Pert Kelton creates a slight hiatus with her renditions of "Stick to Your Arithmetic" and "I Was Afraid of That"; if you shut your eyes, Mr. Dixon's voice and tapping is entertaining--but these two score against very mediocre competition. Miss Martin is torrid only when she is coy, but her part herein demands that she be frigid, and hence her occasional attempts at coyness only serve to make her appear ridiculously childish. Furthermore, she has no song suited to either her voice or her personality, and she looks ill and overworked...
Captain Torhic Macdonald's leg was a bit sore, and Joe Koufman's side still bothered him. Koufman suffered a slight recurrence of an old injury in Saturday's game, and his status for the Dartmouth game is uncertain. Francis Lee, Tom Healey, Charley Spreyer, and Joe Gardella missed practice, but all will be there today...