Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weakness was a frightening susceptibility to end sweeps and, granted that Columbia has no backs to match the ones Harvard saw racing around at Palo Alto, a similar defensive flaw today could easily put the kibosh on the Crimson's hopes for its first victory of the season. The Lions turned the Amherst ends with relative ease last week. Today their first string fullback, who was ineligible for the Lord Jeff game, will be available and at the same time the Harvard line will not be at full strength...
Expenses in debating involve caring for visiting teams, travelling around the Ivy League, and hiring a coach. For the past two years, the Council has sacrificed having a coach for a large debate schedule. By rights, the task of caring for visiting teams belongs to the Crimson Key, but that society does not have money for the job either. A coach is supplied to all the other Ivy League teams by the speech departments, but Harvard's speech department is not in a position to do anything but sympathize with the Debate Council...
BRAVES FIELD, September 29--There is a saying around Ebbets Field that if it isn't raining hard enough to make the ink run on Dodger tickets, then the game cannot he called. So, bolstered by many years of mudding for dear old Rickey, the Brooklyn entry wandered out into nor easter weather today and waded to a double victory over the complacent Braves...
Shortly thereafter the Braves lit a small bonfire on the dugout steps and huddled around it warming their digits. Umpire Barlick chose to ignore this. The Braves even went so far as to get two base hits off Newcombe before they relapsed to form and struck out one, two, three...
...Braves couldn't quite get the idea. They happily, milled around, made copious use of the rosin bag, and moved to their positions with the speed and agility of arthritis sufferers. Cooney used three pitchers, though after the second inning the Brooks did their level best to strike, ground...