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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first Crimson score came in the opening minutes of the second half, when fly half Chris Hauge took a Butterfield pass and raced 15 yards to the goal line. Graham Russell, the team's best kicker, then booted the ball through the uprights for two more points...
Throughout the game the Yale tackling was magnificent, by far the best of any of the Crimson's other opponents. One Eli managed to break captain Hal Churchill's nose on a particularly hard stop. The Crimson played the entire second half with only 14 men, as forward Bob Shaunessey left the game early with a separated shoulder...
This one race changed the complexion of the meet, and the Crimson never seriously threatened, although it performed brilliantly. Captain Albie Gordon ran one of the best races of his career, a 48.1 440, but he lost by a step to Yale's Jim Stack, who set a meet mark with his 48.0 clocking. Crimson sophomore Frank Yeomans' 9.8 performance in the 100 was good only for a second to Bulldog Steve Snyder...
Crimson 880 man Art Cahn ran the best race of his life, a 1:53.4, but he bowed to Yale's Tommy Carroll, who set a meet record with 1:52.0. Besides Landau, the only other Crimson runner to take a first was Benjamin, with a meet record of 9:12.0. in the two mile. The Yale mile relay quartet racked up still another ecord with a 3:16.6 performance in the mile relay...
Carl Pescosolido took the javelin for the varsity, and Crimson high jumper John deKiewiet won in his specialty. The Crimson's Tom Blodgett cleared 13 ft., 4 in., in his best ever, to win the pole vault. Hank Abbot broke up a one-two Yale sweep in the shot with a 50 ft., 7 3/4 in. heave