Word: bulldogged
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...football begins at Yale today with coach John Pont making his debut in that hollowed-out mole hill they call the Bowl. Perhaps in contrast to the rest of the season, the afternoon will be a pleasant one for Bulldog-types: Connecticut never has beaten Yale and there is absolutely no reason why it should start doing so now. Other teams, no doubt, will be less reticent...
...Oklahoma cowpoke named Bill Pickett was having an infernally tough time persuading an ornery steer to head into a corral He whooped at it and pleaded with it, prodded and battered it, until in furious frustration he leaped from his horse, bit the steer's lip like a bulldog, twisted its neck and brought it to the ground. Pickett's romantic technique was never very handy around the ranch, but it was sort of satisfying, and Pickett kept doing it at Wild West shows around the country. Word got around, others tried it, and a native American sport...
...past five years, Venezuela's strong-willed President Romulo Betancourt has held his volatile nation together mainly through the force of his bulldog personality. But Betancourt is constitutionally barred from succeeding himself when his term ends next December. What then? Last week Betancourt's Acción Democrática, the country's biggest party, nominated a candidate to carry on. He is Rául Leoni, 57, the party president, an old crony of Betancourt's and, like him, a onetime revolutionary turned democratic reformer...
...ninth Yale seemed to have finally given up. Closely resembling the pattern made famous by the New York Mets, the Bulldog infield made two errors on one play, an achievement which produced two more Crimson runs. Gilmor concluded the day's point making in a more orthodox fashion, placing his second home run past the range of Eli right fielder John Hunsaker...
Other Harvard winners were Hatch in the 440-yd, hurdles, and Ohiri with a triple jump of 47 ft., 11 in. For Yale, Jerry Hinkle won the javelin, with Harvard's Hinkle won the javelin, with Harvard's Peeter Lamp third; Sam Streidert led a Bulldog sweep of the high jump with a 6 ft. 6 1/2 in leap; and Chuck Mercein won the shotput over Art Croasdale with a mighty 58 ft., 2 in heave...