Word: squads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...squares will be replaced with trolley buses as soon as overhead wiring operations are completed, probably late next week. Recent early morning strollers have probably noticed this phase of operation "rotary" now on Massachusetts Avenue near Lamont. Waiting until traffic subsides, two large trucks--replete with elevators--aid a squad of about eight men in stringing current and support wires along the length of the Avenue...
Heavy scrimmage was the order of the day on Soldiers Field yesterday, as the varsity football squad worked out for almost two hours in a double scrimmage against freshman and jayvee opposition. The offensive team ran bruising contact against the freshmen, while the defense practiced against a jayvee "Holy Cross" formation attack...
After an hour the two units switched off jobs, with the defensive team taking over the live scrimmage. The squad wound up with a session in the cage, with Valpey lecturing on scouting reports...
Unlike previous years, when the Crusaders were known as a heavy, bull-like team whose greatest ground-gaining potential was through the center of the line, this year's Holy Cross squad is notable for a good passing attack run off by an all-sophomore backfield, according to McCabe...
Crimson fans who have become accustomed to seeing opponents take one squad off the field and send on another every time the ball changes hands will find that the Cross uses even less of a two-platoon system than Harvard. About two-thirds of the Holy Cross team goes both ways, as opposed to about half of the Harvard team...