Word: squad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contest revealed that the University squad possessed a fund of power and promising material, but the sustained drive, so essential for success in the series of hard games which concludes, the schedule, was not in evidence. Intensive drill alone can weld this Harvard machine into a well-coordinated unit capable of realizing its full strength. Only occasionally did the eleven click efficiently and only then could those who saw the clash get an idea of the promise which the aggregation holds for the future...
...criss-cross. The backfields, which have been working under the experienced eye of Coach Casey, functioned in good early season order. The timing was off, on occasion, as was shown by the narrow failure of several of the forward passes attempted. Several members of the ball carrying squad exhibited a style of play which should cause trouble to future opponents after more practice...
...trouble will be experienced in filling the quarterback post this season with Putnam and Wood on the squad. Both of these are good tacticians and their all round ability will prove useful. The former's running is good and he has lost none of his dropkicking ability. Wood, too, is a capable dropkicker...
Singles as a form of exercise has regained its former position of fourth in popularity by attracting 62 candidates, which number, although less than last year and the year before, holds its place because of the decline in popularity of track, which last fall 'crew the unusually large squad of 83 candidates, as compared with 49 of the Class of 1933, and 47 of 1931 in its Freshman year...
...have not as yet won the major award. Captain Barrett, Trainer, B. H. Ticknor, Douglas, Putnam, and Harper all answered the opening whistle last fall, while Gilligan, O'Connell, W. D. Ticknor, and Huguley saw action before the end of the afternoon. Coach Horween's entire squad, with the exception of Davis and Greeley, is ready for service today and all will most probably get into the game...