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...their men into shape for the opening of the series about October 15. Arrangements are now being made to bring about a meeting between the winning class teams of Harvard and Yale and the probable date for this clash will be November 12. Head Coach Horween of the University gridiron squad is a strong supporter of the inter-class program and the entire University coaching staff will be on the lookout for players of marked ability who will be raised to the Seconds or even to the University squads...
...Freshman football, season will swing under way this afternoon when head coach E. L. Casey '19 will meet all 1930 gridiron aspirants in the Locker Building at 3 o'clock. Candidates for the first year squad will be issued equipment at the Locker Building and are requested to report in uniform for the first meeting of the year. At 1 o'clock this afternoon there will be a gathering of all Freshmen who wish to compete for 1930 football managerial positions...
After a week's work under the new coaching regime headed by Arnold Horween '20, the gridiron aspirants are rapidly hardening into shape and are scheduled to get their first test of scrimmage today or tomorrow. The customary morning work-out has been called off today ostensibly to give the players an opportunity to rest up for a more strenuous session this afternoon. All practice is being held behind the high board fences on Soldiers Field, which were erected for the first time last year...
Harold Grange may well become a popular cinema hero. His acting, while not profound, is natural, easy, almost casual. His gridiron performance at the end of the picture is so realistic that, in an advance showing to a selected audience, "Big Bill" Edwards, famed guard and "playboy of Princeton," leapt to his feet, shouted: "There he goes." The audience re-echoed with cries of "Come...
...Italy persecuted people who were conducting a religion of love and humility. One of Valerian's judges commanded Lawrence, deacon of Pope Sixtus II, to bring forth the treasures of his church. Lawrence produced the poor members of the congregation. The Judge had Lawrence burned alive on a gridiron. Why the Aug. 10 meteors should be named St. Lawrence's "tears," it is hard to say. For he was most brave in the midst of his torment. He is said to have exclaimed: "I am roasted enough on this side; turn me over...