Word: weeks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when the New York Times said that the "Harvard punting was immense, the handling of kicks without a flaw, the plunging irresistable and the end running brilliant, all in the same game," students were "football-conscious." Old CRIMSONS report that in 1909 over 1500 students cheered the scrimmage the week before the Yale game...
When Herman Hickman lets his "Po" L'il Boys" loose in the Bowl tomorrow, the big ones will all be there, sprinting into the Crimson backfield with cavalier disregard for the crippling injuries the received this week...
Attempting to spot the Yale offensive pattern for this week is a risky business. The Elis installed a completely now cycle of plays against Princeton last Saturday; the difference between Harvard's banged-up line and Princeton's powerful one is enough to cause Hickman to revert to straight running if the occasion offers...
...there are some basic elements of the Yale attack that are pretty sure to show up this week. They Elis have made Jackson into a fine downfield receiver: he is very fast starting, he changes speeds deceptively, and he has a great pair of hands...
Herman sends him deep from a right flanker position, shallow from his normal left half position, and just over the line of scrimmage from a motion right. The first of these plays looks something like Harvard's "transcontinental" play that scored against Brown last week-quarterback Stu Tisdale fades back and to the right, and then throws deep and across the field diagonally to Jackson. You will see this one most often when Yale is near the right sideline...