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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defeat at Dartmouth also dropped Coach Bill Barclay's team from fourth to sixth place in Ivy League competition. Undefeated Columbia now needs only two victories in its remaining five contests to assure the Lions at least a tie for the championship. TEAM W L PCT. Columbia 7 0 1.000 Cornell 6 3 .667 Pennsylvania 5 3 .625 Dartmouth 3 5 .375 Yale 3 6 .333 Harvard 2 5 .289 Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hauptfuhrer Sets New Season Scoring High | 2/28/1947 | See Source »

...Basketball League, or to give it its formal designation, the Eastern Intercollegiate League, approaches its mid-seasonal mark, Columbia's Light Blue Cagers look suspiciously as though they could purr their way to the championship...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/18/1947 | See Source »

With Captain Bob Gale, Cornell's high-scoring, former all-Ivy League pivot man, out for the season with an injury, the Big Red suffered a severe set-back in their championship hopes last week when Columbia drubbed them, 41 to 27, sending them into a second place tie with Pennsylvania at four wins and three losses...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/18/1947 | See Source »

...date only seventh place Dartmouth (2 and 4) and last place Yale (2 and 5) have been actually eliminated from the championship race, both despite the prowess of two highly-touted centers, And Brindley and Tony Lavelli. Ivy League Standings WON LOST PTS. OP. PTS. Columbia 5 0 273 221 Cornell 4 3 301 276 Pennsylvania 4 3 359 371 HARVARD 23 238 246 Princeton 2 3 210 226 Dartmouth 2 4 297 299 Yale...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/18/1947 | See Source »

From the spectator's viewpoint, the climax of the meet came when Pete Harwood, leading Varsity polevaulter, wriggled over the bar at 13 feet. Outstanding among other Mikkola scorers were Jack Fisher, who placed secand to Bob Bennett, of Brown, in the NEAAU championship 35-pound weight throw; Dave Reed, whose 21 foot, 1/4 inch leap earned him second place in the broadjump; and Pete Garland, who took second in the 16-pound shot and tied for third in the high-jump. Since the meet was invitational, no score were kept. It was the last competitive tuneup for the Varsity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoop, Ice Failures Keynote Dismal Weekend Cavalcade | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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