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...return to Cambridge yesterday for the review of the Second and Third Battalions. In his absence the inspection was conducted by Major Flynn, assisted by the battalion commanders; and the two organizations were afterwards reviewed separately by their commanding officers. In spite of the slippery condition of the turf, the companies held their lines remarkably straight while passing in review...
...need have no fear, in spite of statements to the contrary, that minor sports will not be kept up. Jarvis Field will again be covered with aspiring and perspiring candidates, and the Oakley Turf will again suffer from the assaults of the golf team...
...would so soon become what its name implies. War seemed a long way off; the thirty thousand people were then far more intorested to find out whether Horween's kick would go true than what would be the result of the battle on the Somme. Things have changed. The turf in the Stadium is trampled by the feet...
...going strong, as the backs I have witnessed--Legore, Carey, Bingham and Smith--are well set up, have a drive that carries them forward when tackled and are exceedingly difficult to down in the open. On a dry field the attack is at its best. On a wet turf it lacks the punch and brilliancy that marks its work on firm footing, due to the principle folowed in advancing the ball off tackle or around...
...results may be dilatory and alarming; the preliminary games may often cause nightmare; even late October may afford food for foreboding; but in the end the system will have its way and a squad of men clad in crimson jerseys--among other garb--will appear upon the sore November turf, with at least one asset: they will be football players...