A degree of activity and success unprecedented in the annals of Harvard sport is the outstanding feature of the current athletic year now coming to a close. With only baseball and crew still to complete their seasons. Harvard has a Harvard has a record of many more victories than defeats in University sports.

Another feature of the year has been the rapid growth of intramural sports in accordance with the avowed Harvard "athletics for all" policy. A total of 1725 men have taken part in organized intramural sports while the number of men playing squash tennis, and rowing independently has been correspondingly large as evidenced by the heavy and continuous use of all available equipment. These figures show a large increase over previous years.

FOOTBALL

Coach Horween's third year as Harvard football mentor commenced auspiciously with a nucleus of lettermen and promising candidates coming up from Coach Casey's undefeated Freshman eleven of 1927 to build on.

The chief problem at the beginning of the year was the construction of a good line and in this respect line-coach R. J. Dunne in his second year of service saw his efforts bear fruit in what proved to be one of Harvard's most powerful forward walls.

Coach Horween early decided to abandon the huddle which had marked his attack of previous years, but the same fundamental form of running offense was employed from the start. The characteristic formation was that of the double wing back variety with a flying interferer on all plays. Starting with excellent backfield material Horween was enabled to get his attacking forces rolling earlier and functioning more smoothly than usual.

The first two games resulted in one-sided victories over Springfield and North Carolina by scores of 30 to 0 and 20 to 0. The Crimson eleven displayed a wealth of power in these encounters but as usual in the early season lacked polish and finesse. A noticeable weakness, which was to prove a nemesis all season, early began to crop out. This was a failure to use or cope with an aerial game successfully.

With these two victories behind them the Harvard warriors entered the West Point game with high hopes of upsetting the touted Cadet eleven. Here again the team evinced evidences of unlimited power, stopping the redoubtable Cagle, Army half-back for the only time all season, and playing the invaders' running attack to a standstill. Had it not been for a pair of fumbles and two bad passes from center. Harvard might well have come out on top; instead of on the short end of a 15 to 0 count.

The next week-end found a highly-rated Dartmouth team sweeping into Cambridge and running amuck of a driving Crimson offense. It was sheer power which enabled the University eleven to carry the ball practically the whole length of the gridiron in the closing minutes of play and add the final touchdown to a glorious 19 to 7 victory. The Green score was the result of a clever aerial attack which frequently baffled the Cambridge defenders.

The second team got a chance to show its ability in the next week's encounter against Lehigh, and, once started, did so with a vengeance. The lighter Pennsylvania out fit, though game to the end, was no match for Horween's men and bowed under an avalanche of touchdowns, 39 to 0.

Pennsylvania brought a well-rounded outfit to Cambridge the next week and for the first time the Crimson was really outplayed. But a scoreless tie would certainly have resulted if another bad fumble had not allowed the Quakers to score early in the game. The final outcome was 7 to 9.

The next week the inevitable reaction of taking a team too lightly was suffered and Holy Cross, with an exceptional defensive organization was able to earn a scoreless tie.

Despite its recent disappointments the Crimson-jerseyed players went to New Haven with all the confidence in the world. The result was a smashing 17 to 0 victory over the Elis, the first Harvard triumph since 1922. The work of Captain A. E. French '29 and David Guarnaccia '29, all season the backbone of the Horween offense, was the outstanding feature of the game. But their brilliance was made possible by a marvellous line which tore the Blue to shreds and payed the way for Harvard's return to football prestige.

At the end of the season letters were awarded to the following players: F. A. Pickard '29, J. A. Prior '29, J. E. Barrett '30, T. H. Alcock '29, J. N. Trainer '31, John Parkinson '29, B. H. Ticknor '31, B. H. Dorman '29, W. D. Ticknor '30, F. A. Clark '29, David Shaw '29, R. H. O'Connell,'30, J. G. Douglas '30, S. C. Burns '29, E. T. Putnam '30, George Crawford '29, A. E. French '29, A. W. Huguley '31, David Guarnaccia '29, W. R. Harper '30.

The returning lettermen elected Barrett to lead them during the 1929 season. Barrett plays tackle and was one of the important cogs in offense and defense all season.