Word: squad
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...squad will be limited to ten men on its first overnight trip to of the season, and Lee Bird, Franny Simpson, Jack Penson, Bob James, and Joe Romano got the call to act as reserves. Simpson and Bird have so far seen little service, but the other three have alternated with Rothschild, Finegan, and Buckley in all three gams...
Harvard VarsityCaptain Kim Canavarro in the number one position is a threat to any player out of four matches to date and is greatly improved. But Canavarro gets plenty of competition right on the squad from Jim Rousmaniere, who is rapidly rounding into shape despite a late start. Rousmaniers devoted a lot of time to soccer this fall, and it has taken him a longer time than usual to whip into form...
...potential strength of this squad, however, depends heavily upon the fulfillment of several "ifs" of of the first magnitude. If Bruce Richardson and Ted Schoenberg can get down to the 136 and 121 pound weight classes respectively for the big matches, and if Tom Lacey and Vern Miller are able to report for the mat sport, Harvard will stand a very good chance of having an undefeated year in dual meets. Both Richardson and Schoenberg will have their hands full trying to make these weights very often, but most Crimson opponents usually have some men wrestling one class below normal...
Predictions are dangerous, but if all the Crimson "ifs" were realized, this squad would have a fine chance to break up the firm Leheigh-Penn State domination of Eastern wrestling in the championships at Syracuse next March. It would take about four individual titlists to bring the crown to Cambridge, and with a lot of hard work, that quartet might possibly emerge from among Ted Schoenberg, Bruce Richardson, Dick Thomas, Bill Daughaday, Tom Lacey and Vern Miller
There is also a fine squad of holdovers from 1939, including Captain Sam Tator, George Jack. Bob Chapman and Lester Halpern in the free style events; George Embrick and Levick Tolan in the back stroke; Lafe Weeks in the breast stroke and Bob Logan and John Rogers in the dive...