Word: squad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first games of the season showed an inexperienced squad of possible football players, but Saturday's exhibition was conclusive evidence that the efforts of the coaches had worked a miracle in the final development of a team that Harvard is justly proud of. One cycle of Harvard victories has been terminated, but the prospects for the beginning of another are bright, the greatest credit is due the Yale team that has finally conquered, but Captain Dadmun and his men will always be honored for their wonderful exhibition of fight and pluck...
Following are the remaining member of the squad and their respective state and cities: M. W. Howe '18, of Sant Barbara, Cal.; R. H. Hitchcock '19 of Pukoo, Hawaii; R. Horween '18, of Chicago Ill.; G. M. Parker '19, of Houston, Tex, Westmore Willcox '17, of Norfolk...
...outweighed by the corresponding man on the Blue eleven. But the Yale team, though heavier, has not worked together in its present form as long as has the University because of the frequent injuries which have from time to time forced some of the best players on the Blue squad to retire from the game. Such men as Bingham, Braden and Sheldon have been lost to Yale, and consequently today's probable line-up will contain a combination which has not been together for more than two weeks. The men who will in all probability start the game...
...street clothes and sneakers. Minot did some good punting and Taylor practised passing the ball. Horween and Robinson also tried drop-kicking against the wind. The coaches did little but supervise the work, leaving the men to their initiative. The air was cold and bracing, and the entire squad walked the two miles back to the hotel...
Blagdon, Trumbull, Wigglesworth, S. Curtis, Logan, Felton, Withington and Fisher joined the coaching staff today. The rest of the squad arrived at 6 tonight and later in the evening all the men were present at a blackboard talk. This completed the team's preparations for the game. The players and coaches are in fine spirits, and no nervousness is apparent. The team will leave for New Haven tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock