Word: forward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...football team has left for its one game away from Cambridge it seems appropriate to bring before the eyes of the public the admirable arrangements made by at least one telegraph company for vicarious cheering. Experts of the sort who made "don't write, telegraph" famous have brought forward their contribution to the overemphasis problem in the form of ten suggested pep messages to be delivered to the boys a few minutes before the game. At present writing no statistics are available as to the relative number of telegrams delivered to winning and to losing teams during the past season...
...hurt him," boomed President IbaÑez, "merely arrest him. Tie him up!" Willing cattle-show officials hastened forward with cow halters and tethers. Securely trussed, Luis Olachea was bundled in an automobile. Aide-de-camp Larenas picked up his helmet, dusted his knees. Still the dignified dictator, President IbaÑez moved...
...team, inspired by the return of the regular fullback, Harper, and under the leadership of a new quarterback, Wood, which showed marked improvement in its most apparent weakness, its defense. The much heralded trie of Cawthon, Bethea and Sauls could not produce any real offensive threat against the Crimson forward wall. Only on one occasion did the "Gators get deep into Harvard territory...
...real weapon if used at less frequent intervals. With Booth at quarterback, however, the chief ground gaining plays found him doing the carrying behind a devastating line drive. Time and again he would fake the crossbuck and then turning ahead march through large openings in the Dartmouth forward wall before meeting the slightly flatfooted secondary. Or again he would waltz of tackle and gingerly dodge his way to open or near open territory...
...eight man line a great part of the time and it proved to be an effective method of checking the Marsters runs. Poor Al only shook himself loose on about three occasions all afternoon. But this form of defense proved to be pretty poor protection against a careful forward passing attack as put on by Marsters and company in the third period. If Harvard can continue to improve overhead it certainly should have enough opportunity to capitalize on its skill. TIME...