Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other remaining league contests, Cornell appears ready to clinch its present third place standing tomorrow at the expense of sixth-place Columbia, while Harvard attempts to consolidate its fourth place against the Elis tonight...
Yale won its second victory over Harvard last week to clinch the runner-up spot in the standings. The Elis clearly had the second best team in the circuit although held to an even split in their series with Princeton. The loss of Captain George Young and Dick Poole from the first and second lines of the team which won the 1941 title apparently affected Princeton more seriously than had been thought when the firing began last December...
Tonight's meet will do little to affect the Eastern Intercollegiate League standings, no matter which team wins. The final positions of all the teams in the League seem to have been definitely settled, with the exception of Yale, which will doubtless clinch first place this evening by beating Princeton. EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE SWIMMING LEAGUE STANDINGS Won Lost Pct. Yale 5 0 1.000 Princeton 5 0 1.000 Dartmouth 3 2 .600 Harvard 2 2 .500 Navy 2 4 .333 Columbia 0 4 .000 Pennsylvania...
...personal fouls were called by the officials, the Crimson squad began to show its heels to the visitors during the second period and kept a comfortable lead to the end of the game. Hugh Hyde, who tallied 18 points altogether, sunk 14 of his total in this period to clinch the victory...
...York, March 4--By repeating its 9-4 triumph of last Saturday over Army this afternoon at West Point, Dartmouth's apparently unstoppable hockey team can clinch the Pentagonal League title today. Although known at the outset of the season to be much stronger than last year, the Indians have been something of a surprise as they moved through the circuit with comparative ease, winning all six starts to date by at least a margin of two goals...