Word: squads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exercised for a while, still favoring his bum right knee. Chief Bender, limping slightly, was in full uniform. He jogged around from time to time, took part in a couple of plays against the dummies and spent the rest of the afternoon ambling up and down behind the squad, as if he could hardly wait to resume regular contact duty...
Perhaps because of deficiency in that department against Columbia, the squad ran through a stint of passing at yesterday's session, with Bill Henry, Cal Lowenstein, Jim Noonan, and Chuck Roche working in different combinations with the Freshmen putting up a passive defense. This was followed by running play drill, after which the squad retired to Briggs Cage to prepare their defenses for the Big Red next Saturday...
...grass of the fenced-in practice field is beginning to get threadbare, but the Stadium turf looks smooth and lush. The Building and Grounds Department has a small squad prettying up the area and wiring it for sound in preparation for the Saturday homecoming...
Ants on the Mountain. As usual, the state of war brought with it a tightening of nerves. In response to radio and telephone alarms in Indianapolis, Ind., policemen took to their squad cars in search of a black panther reputedly terrorizing their city with mournful rapacious howls. The search was called off only when the menace was identified as a mooning but amiable Newfoundland...
Fullback Leon Van Bellingham was the first backfield substitute last fall and is perhaps the squad's best runner. Sophomore halfback Don Kimtis was Columbia's leading ground-gainer last week. Jim Ward at left end is the Light Blue's most experienced lineman. Even the six lettermen on the squad saw very little action last season because Little choose to stick with his number one eleven most of the time...