Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eliot House Elephants will seek their laurels elsewhere than on the gridiron this year, due to their inability to turn out a full team for their scheduled games. Those few who have been turning out hopefully will probably continue to play, forming teams with the odd members from other House squads. If enough men are present today, an informal game with the Brooks House team will be played...
Consequently it's not a bad time to look around and see what the gridiron situation is right now and what it may become by November 17, when the "breather" with New Hampshire is slated to take place, between the Yale game and these five hard fights...
When Referee Maginnes brought to an end Saturday's gridiron hostilities, and Holy Cross stood at the long, long end of a 26-6 score, a good many fans raised the usual cry about Harvard's perennial football weakness. But while these experts were rushing off to the goal posts to defend their college's honor, back in Dillon Field House Coach Eddie Anderson and his entire Crusader squad were voicing a unanimous praise of the work of the Crimson linesmen and were frankly admitting that if it hadn't been for one James H. Hobin the situation might have...
Harvard's strong Freshman football team, which has been scrimmaging the Varsity during the week in preparation for its Holy Cross Game, will take the field against Worcester Academy on the Freshman gridiron at Soldiers Field this afternoon at 2 o'clock...
...While even the practice uniform is lighter than the equipment handed out last year at the Dillon field House, this year's game uniform is several ounces lighter still. The reason for the loss in weight which the players suffer between the practice field behind he Stadium and the gridiron of the Stadium itself is the fact that in a game, the athletes wear feather weight shoes--speed shoes--made to fit like kid gloves. Not all of the players undergo this loss of poundage, since the tackles do not wear the speed shoes and some of the other individual...