Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Late yesterday afternoon the Varsity football squad caught some of the pep and drive which has been missing in many other practice sessions, and Dick Harlow pulled out a white ball for the first time this fall to give the team a final signal drill...
...team to face the A team and another for the B outfit. Don McNicol impersonated Wild Bill Hutchinson of the Green, and gave the Varsity a pretty fair idea of what to expect in the Stadium tomorrow. Earlier in the afternoon, Harlow conducted the squad through a long drill on pass defense and offense. Today's workout will probably be only a tapering off process, and Harlow may give a few more definite indications on some of the doubtful starting posts in the lineup...
Coach Dick Harlow sent the varsity squad through as strenuous a workout as Harvard has ever had during the week before a major game, and from this heavy drill emerged veteran tackle Moss Hallett with a leg bump which makes his participation against the Indians uncertain. The medicos will be able to give more definite information on his status today. In the mean-time, a lively scrap is going on between Vern Miller and Pete Elser for second ranking at the left tackle post...
...crew of 940 were trained in lifeboat drill daily and hardly slept. Drums of gasoline stood on deck in order to burn the Bremen at any moment. Lifeboats were kept swung over the side, and intake valves on the hull were ready to be opened...
Another notable absentee from yesterday's drill was first string pivot man, Burgy Ayres. Ayres was sidelined with a sore foot but will be ready to go today. Other casualties, Frannie Lee and Charley Spreyer, sporting minor charley horses, took it easy during yesterday's brief scrimmages, punt practice, and long passing drill...