Word: squad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...past two years the first year men coming up to the University squad for their Sophomore year have been a potential factor in the team's record throughout the season. Of the 1931 squad A. W. Huguley '31, J. N. Trainer '31, B. H. Ticknor '31, T. W. Gilligan '31, S. L. Batchelder '31, C. F. Richards '31, Sumner Putnam Jr. '31, and J. H. Gildea '31 took a prominent part in the fall program from the outset of the season. From last year's Freshman squad a score more have already made their mark upon the University squad...
...eleven will have for his assistants this year. Walter Cleary who has coached the yearling line for the last three seasons; Frank Pickard '29, who played at end on the 1928 team and will handle the ends; and Rufus Bond '16 who will have charge of the backfield squad. Former Freshman coach, E. L. Casey '19, whose yearling combinations dropped only one contest in three years of coaching, is taking charge of the backfield work of the University eleven this year...
Freshmen will also report on Monday for the opening of cross country, fall track and soccer. Since Coach E. L. Farrell of the track team is training the University football squad this fall the men who report for track and cross country work will be under the supervision of Jaako Mikkola, assistant track coach. For those who do not participate in any of these sports the physical training requirement may be satisfied by taking any of the remaining electives for the fall season. These sports which will commence soon after the students have had the opportunity to make a choice...
Coach Horween sent his football charges through a few minutes of light scrimmage in yesterday afternoon's practice session on Soldiers Field. The four teams which compose the first University squad lined up against each other and ran through about a half dozen plays with no casualties or bruises resulting...
This is taken as an indication that Horween and his assistants consider the condition of the players to be very good for the amount of work they have had. After another day of conditioning work today the first squad will probably get its first real hard playing when it faces the seconds in scrimmage Saturday morning. The practices have been remarkable for the subordination of the individual player to the general teamwork so far, and this will probably continue to be the case at least until Saturday's scrimmage...