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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Thorndike addressed the squad on keeping training and conditioning. Captain Tudor stressed the necessity for men not on the first string to work hard for a first team berth...
...Freshman team should furnish stiff competition for berths on this year's University team. The most promising candidates from the Class of 1931 are J. B. Garrison '31, and S. L. Batchelder '31. There are also a host of other men who have been ineligible or not quite first string callbre in former years...
...heavy squad included all the H men from last year's varsity shell except Captain Clark, who at present is holding a first string tackle berth on the University eleven; and Guy Murchie '29 who is running cross country. Besides these men, there are the oarsmen from last year's Freshman boat, only one of whom is at present ineligible because of scholastic difficulties. Five of the men from last year's championship class crew also were out regularly. The rest of the squad was composed of other class and dormitory crew men. For the first time in several years...
Unevenness of weights is generally a problem for any coaches of class football. In a group of men reporting for the game large, earnest, and unwieldy athletes who cannot make the grade on the first or second-string University squads stand beside equally earnest sportsmen whose 130 pounds is a handicap in any football circle. There is a consequent lack of balance in intramural football elevens that detracts from the zest of competition...
...aerial attack. It has been rumored that a shakeup in the backfield combination will be one of the first steps in this direction and this afternoon's practice session should undoubtedly reveal the nature of this shift. It seems likely that T.W. Gilligan '31, and S.C. Batchelder '31, first string backfield substitutes, will feature in the change. Both of these men have shown ability in throwing and receiving passes and are rated as the two leading passers on the squad. In the Lehigh encounter, Gilligan made several accurate aerial thrusts and got the ball off while on the dead...