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...behind the "Miracle" were both with the Band while at College: Malcolm H. Holmes '29, Dean of the New England Conservatory of Music, Conductor; and Guy Slade '32, Drill Master. Bandmen fondly recall Holmes whacking the bass drum 14 years ago. A niche is secure for Leroy Anderson '29, arranger for the Boston Pops, composer of the famed 'Wintergreen," first gridiron composition of its kind introduced in 1933, and the beloved "Harvard Medley...
...Miracle?" With one musical rehearsal on Wednesday evening in Sanders Theatre, a single drill run-through on Friday afternoon behind the Stadium, and one coordinated practice session two hours before game time, those in the know think the term far from strong. Saving grace is that when the unit comes onto the field ten minutes before the game, it is keyed up by two hours of concentrated effort in blending "sound" and "action." It passes quickly into formations which only a day or two before were nothing more than ideas and, half an hour before, a seeming hopeless shambles...
...Elis, whose Boston headquarters will be the Hotel Lennox, are due to work out at the Stadium in a secret drill at 1 o'clock today, and the Crimson will follow them into the scene of Saturday's battle for a final brief workout at 3:30 o'clock. After the rally at Dillon, the squad will have its traditional pre-Yale dinner and entertainment at a nearby country club, and return to Cambridge later in the evening...
...Varsity's aerial drill was more encouraging than any of the past several days, as Chip Gannon, Pete Petrillo and Leo Flynn completed about sixty percent of their passes...
After holding long scrimmages on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Mac held only a short kicking drill yesterday and excused the team early apparently satisfied that all is ready. The Crimson goes into its seasonal finale in reasonably good physical shape, although neither of the contenders for the right wing slot, Jocko Smith and Curtis Cate, are in top shape and fullback Dick Forster is out with a broken ankle...