Word: bigly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this imagination adds up to a season that was both the Crimson's most satisfying in years and a curiously acute disappointment. To be the only team in the League to beat champion Penn, to upset both Princeton and Yale for the Big Three title, and then also to lose ingloriously to mediocre teams like Cornell and Brown--the final impression is a mixture of pleasure at a good season and disappointment at a couple of near-misses...
...weather was a big factor. Snow and icy roads in much of the north tended to discourage motoring and to hold down speed...
...newspaperman." Pittenger was born in Kansas City, Mo., but he moved often, attending 15 schools in seven states. Constantly on the move, he had only one thing to take an interest in everywhere he went--sports. It was easy to combine games and journalism "into one big word--sportswriting," he says...
...outcome of a soccer game is always in doubt, and the better team does not necessarily win. All it takes to score a goal is the one big play, by an individual in a split second. One isolated effort can ruin a team that completely dominates play the rest of the time. Inside John Hedreen scored after 3:10 had gone by in the Yale game on a fine, alert shot that evaded Bulldog goalie Andy Block. The Elis fought the Crimson on equal terms in the second period and were in control for the last two periods...
...play to hear the by-play and verbal warfare that is continually going on. The varsity's midseason string of more than 200 scoreless minutes produced two extremely vocal clashes. In the 0-0 tie with Williams, Eph goalie Bob Adams continually exhorted his teammates to "get the big guy"--Keyes, the Crimson's main defensive cog. The Ephmen did their best, once actually dazing the big full-back, but they could not halt his effectiveness...