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SPORTS of the CRIMSON

The Professor: Football school bells are ringing this morning, gentlemen, and we have an eager responsive group of pupils waiting. First of all, let's bring Red Blaik of Dartmouth up to the head of the class. I'm on a see-saw and don't know whether he's up or down, but win or lose, his was the best coaching job last Saturday. Come on up and tell us how you did it, Red.

Red Blaik: Last week when we lost to Princeton I said that it was the toughest defeat we ever took since I've come to Dartmouth. We out-gained the Tigers six to one and still took it on the chin when Allerdice kept hitting the bull's-eye with his passes. Our pass defense was much better against Cornell, and, of course, the weather didn't help their passes.

The Professor: But that's not the whole story. A football is still a funny shaped ball and takes peculiar bounces. And to quote a referee for a change, Austen Lake says that "there is an emotional ebb and flow in the nervous system of football kids which sometimes washes out the energy of the mighty and floods the forces of the weak. Speaking of referees, what did you think of Red Friesell and his third consecutive stormy week? I certainly hope the poor fellow isn't a bundle of nerves by now and makes a hash out of the Harvard-Yale game.

Red Blaik: Regardless of what happened in the game with Cornell, I still consider Red Friesell the greatest referee in college football.

The Professor: Nevertheless, he'll be working under a terrific strain. Well, there's Tuss McLaughry of Brown. Tuss, I've got a bone to pick with Harvard on your behalf. Despite the elaborate fanfare of publicity from the Harvard Athletic Association, Soldiers Field Saturday looked like they used the Cambridge Fire Department on it the night before. Just a minute, here's Master Tom Stephenson. Come in Tom!

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Tom Stephenson: Gentlemen, there isn't a fire truck in Cambridge small enough to get through the Stadium gate.

The Professor: All right, but I still remember official H.A.A. pronouncements all week that the field was under cover and that playing conditions would be ideal for Saturday. That story was pretty widely circulated and may have even been read in Providence. How about it, Tuss McLaughry?

Tuss McLaughry: Our offense just couldn't seem to get moving on Saturday, but I'm sure that the best team won. That Harvard line had amazing lift, and I thought Charley Spreyer and Burgy Ayres were very good

Tom Stephenson: Let me put in my two cents' worth again. We called up the weather bureau on Friday night and were told that the forecast for Saturday was clear, so the field was left uncovered.

The Professor: But what I object to most strenuously is that all week long the H.A.A. announced that the field was under a tarpaulin day and night. It almost looks like somebody tried to fool Brown and take advantage of the powerful Harvard line. Or were you trying to make sure that the Stadium grass had enough water all week?

But enough of this gibberish. Let's call up a couple of other coaches on this week's honor roll. Step up, Dick Harlow! It looks like you have another great November team, but I'll keep my fingers crossed until the last minute of that Yale game has ticked away.

Dick Harlow: Charley Spreyer played as fine a game Saturday as any back I've ever had at Harvard, but don't forget Ted Lyman. That boy really laid some of those Bruins up in the cheap seats. We've got another quarterback, and there's nobody in the world I'm prouder of than Ted Lyman.

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