Word: valpey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Valpey had the team he started out with down at Soldiers Field yesterday. All the players were not in 100 per cent working order, but they were there and indulging in an offensive dummy scrimmage for a full half hour. After the practice was completed, Valpey announced a negative starting offensive lineup, a heretofore unheard of development for a Thursday...
Actually, Valpey can tell little about the team's timing during the brief practice scrimmages. He must wait until Saturday afternoon to see how well it comes off under game pressure. Harvard's timing was not up to par against Dartmouth and Valpey has been emphasizing it in practice this week...
Yesterday being Wednesday, Art Valpey put the Harvard football team through its usual mid-week practice session. This time it was with an eye toward checking errors of execution, sharpening the timing of the squad in general, and of men playing unfamiliar positions in particular...
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...
...Valpey broke his squad into two parts for yesterday's drill. Those who had not played on offense Saturday scrimmaged the Jayvees, while those who had seen action on the offensive against Dartmouth polished their attack against dummies...