Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even with the tie, the Tiger fans had good reason to rejoice. Harvard had an eleven game winning streak against Princeton going into the Saturday night contest--a string which started back...
...perfectly executed backhand corner shot at match point in the fifth game. In this game Hechscher appeared to be on his way to an easy win, as he took a quick 10-4 lead. But at this point the remarkable Salaun, tired and hampered by an injury, came back to win four points in a row, and after Heckscher duplicated this feat to make the score 14-8, he pulled out five straight match points to make the score 14-13. At this critical juncture, where a loss of a point would probably have meant eventual loss of the match...
...exceptional performance from center Griff McClellan, the varsity basketball team defeated a favored Pennsylvania squad 69 to 60 Saturday night in the I.A.B. Trailing at halftime, 34 to 30, the Crimson battled back with more accuracy, more speed, more hustle and more points than the Quakers to take its fourth Ivy League victory against seven losses...
...expected, Princeton swept the 220 yd. free-style, the 440 yd. free-style, the 200 yd. back stroke, and the diving competition. George Brakely took the 220 in 2:15.7, and the 440 in 4:57.0, while Art Smith won the 200 back stroke in 2:18.9 and the 440 in 4:57.0. Al Routh in an excellent performance gave Princeton its final first place with 81.53 points in the dive...
...Look Back in Anger. Playwright John Osborne's fairly arresting snarl at all the world. In MINNEAPOLIS...