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With but one more day of preparation before Harvard's first invasion of a Middle-Western gridiron, the University football squad went through a light but brisk workout yesterday afternoon. There was no contact work whatsoever, as the Crimson coaching staff was taking no chances of running afoul of the injury jinx...
...only member of the squad to miss this Saturday's inter-sectional tilt. O'Connell and Gildea, the two who had to watch the Alligator tilt from the stands, were back in togs yesterday, jogging around the field. Wood, Devens, W. Ticknor and Douglas were all excused from the workout but will be back today...
Coach Bachman's squad held a brief workout in the Stadium yesterday afternoon while the University team was given a day of rest. All the Florida players, with the exception of Goodbread, halfback, are ready for action. Goodbread is suffering from a leg injury which may keep the 190-pound sprint star on the side-lines. Should he be unable to play, Dorsett, known as "Million Dollar Monk", will take his place
Besides getting a stiff workout on the tackling and blocking dummies, team A and a 15-minute dummy scrimmage against Florida plays as put on by the seconds. Coach Knox had imported Roscoe Fitts '22, former Crimson halfback, because of his left-footed kicking. He played the part of Clyde Crabtree, Florida's left-footed punter...
...while that team A was running through its signal drill, team B was having a stiff workout with the Seconds. Coach Horween indicated by this that the status of many men was still uncertain. Talbot and Myerson were both given hard tests at guard while Putnam was given an opportunity to show just what he could do at halfback. Incidentally that was Myerson's first hard work since the Army game...