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3T00tbaU 1920 The beginning of the 1920 season found Capt. East
football
wood and Coach on
the
Keaney early job, waiting for the arrival
of football candidates.
dk 1920
coach was
had been
to
The
men
report for
under the rays of a mid-Septem ber sun. The influence of the new
:
began
requested
practice a week before the open ing of college, and by the middle of the first week a fair-sized squad was on hand, sweating and toiling
to
well under way
1921
by the first of the following ^^ ek. practi< with the prospects of a fairly good team in sight.
take affect
at once,
Six letter-men from the 1919
and
team were
found
to
be in college, namely. Capt.
Eastwood, Potter, Gardner, Mowry, Turner, and Farnham, the latter being inel
igible for this year's team. Johnson and Labree, reported soon after the start of the season. The effect of the
new
coaching
both members of the 1919
system became noticeable almost
squad.
immediately.
bright future was predicted for the team. Coach Keaney had as his assist Profs. Tyler and Keagan, and these three coaches drove the men night after until night they were whipped mto some sort of shape for the coming encounter with Brown. The line charged low and hard, and the backs appeared to be both and
a
ants
speedy
and elusive, al though the
denced in the daily The first
in
a
encounters
teams
seemed
to
lack scoring power,
between the first and second
the annual game with Brown game 25-0 defeat for Rhode Island. The heavy Brown was
combination, although showed
practically
the
our
as was
evi
teams.
Andrews Field and resulted
team
showed
a
greater scoring
presented a stiff defense. The game with Wesleyan Although putting up a game fight, our team while the speedy Wesleyan team succeeded in putting
line
same
lacked the power to score, across the touchdowns.
at
results.
The next week the team journeyed to Maine and battled the heavy Maine a 7-7 tie. The Rhode Island boys missed several good chances to score, although they outplayed the Maine boys in every department of the game. Boston University was too much for the home team the following week, and they emerged from the fray with one touchdown to the good. team to
The game with Union at Schenectady resulted in another 7-7 tie, although the belief is still held by many that Rhode Island should have won, if the officials had been competent. The following week, Rhode Island played another 7-7 tie game; this time with the heavy M. A. C. team which was reputed to be far superior to our team.
succeeded in
Great credit, therefore, is due the light Rhode Island the strong Aggie combination.
nearly defeating
team,
which