Word: threats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Holbrook '30 was the main cog in the forward line in the New Year's Eve fray and his clever pass-work was a repeated threat on the Canadian goal. Batchelder showed up better than ever before at defense and fed the forwards continually after breaking up the strong Toronto attacks...
They could do little else. The influenza bacillus has never been isolated. Hence a specific cure or preventative has yet to be developed. But the nostrum men, flourishing in a medicinal half-world, made the most of last week's threat of epidemic. To the newspapers they went with their cleverly evasive advertisements to allure the flu-fearful. Such an advertisement was that for Japanese Oil (EN-AR-CO), which under the arousing headline FLU EPIDEMIC described the oil's use for head colds, sore throats, chest colds. Perhaps even more persuasive were advertisements for Turpo, Nozol, Harrison...
Harvard, to be sure, is none too powerful. The Crimson has a strong running and lateral passing attack, but lacks the forward passing threat that is essential to make the running offense a distinct success. It is fairly easy to come up and stop running plays when you know your opponents can't complete forwards...
...reveal the foundations of a sound and workable pass offense. But a lack of finish, a tendency on the part of the receiver to fight the ball, spoiled the effectiveness of this mode of gaining ground. With greater attention to detail, the Harvard passing game should become a threat against the Blue of Yale...
September is past with its yearly threat of an infantile paralysis epidemic. But winter comes on with its certainty of pneumonia...