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...Coach Wachter has the full strength of his squad available for play. Combs has fully recovered from the injury which he received in scrimmage last week. He will start at center, but he will be relieved by McElroy if there is any recurrence of his injury. The forward combination of Captain Gordon and Maher seems the most effective of the many which have been tested in the scrimmages this week, but Smith will undoubtedly get into the game for a considerable period. He is a better shot than Maher and a very clever ball-handler. He will be a hard...
...score allows, Coach Wachter will use as many substitutes as possible in the closing stages of the game. he anticipates a close contest, however, despite the victories that Harvard has gained over Clark in the past three years. The visitors were overwhelmed last year by the score of 49 to 28. The year before the University five registered a 43 to 29 triumph. In 1920 the Crimson had only a two-point margin, the score being 26 to 24. This year's line-up contains three veterans, Kalijarvi, Loomis, and Towne, and they should furnish formidable opposition tonight...
...Coach Wachter feels that the chief handicap of the University quintet is lack of height. Almost every strong player on the squad is shorter than the average. This will prove a three-fold disadvantage. The Crimson is likely to lose the ball in the toss-up at center, in the toss-up from scrimmage, and from the rebound off the back-board. To offset this handicap, unusual cleverness in getting possession of the ball in scrimmage is essential. The two Sophomores in the starting line-up, Maher and Combs, have shown marked ability in emerging from scrimmage with the ball...
...drill on fundamentals has been long and rigorous. Throughout the first three weeks of practice scrimmaging was taboo, and not until recently was defensive and offensive drill begun. Adeptness at handling the ball has been emphasized above all else. Coach Wachter of the University team has assisted Coach Chase in demonstrating the principles of passing, dribbling, and shooting...
...Coach Wachter divided the basketball squad into four tentative teams yesterday and put all four through a strenuous scrimmage, the first of the season. Two practice games with regulation 20-minute halves were played, Team A defeating Team B by a 37 to 17 score and Team C triumphing over Team...