Word: took
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Casey took over in 1931. Horween had built a terrifically strong squad in his last three years, so Casey could hardly help winning some games. As a matter of fact, he went into the Yale game undefeated. But even at that it was a bad season, because Harvard was sloppy and unspirited, and barely slipped by a lot of teams it should have slaughtered...
Although he bases his work on statistics, Bean does not lose his grip on the realities of U.S. politics. He admits that a Democratic victory could be averted if a Third Party took four to eight percent of the popular vote away from the Democrats without cutting the G.O.P. vote, or if a depression set in strongly by Nov. 2. He hints at the possibility of a Republican victory with something less than a majority of the popular vote--an alternative as yet unvoiced in the press. But with the other hand he holds out the key to a possible...
Actual scrimmaging time was kept to a minimum as the team began to taper off on contact work. A dummy scrimmage took up the better part of the afternoon with emphasis on split-second timing and final details of the new system. A short but vicious assault on the tackling dumies finished ceremonies...
Five permanent additions to and three subtractions from the faculty roster took place during the summer months...
Henry Lamar and some 15 of his almost fearless Freshmen took over from where the eleven ersatz Lions left off. Against the yearlings, Valpey polished up the intricacies of his single wing offense with the first four teams and met with considerable success. Only fumbles caused by almost total darkness slowed the Varsity attack...