Word: contest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...routine cruise to "show the flag," the British warships Amphion and Contest steamed into the harbor of Santa Ana Island in the southern Solomons (which are under a British protectorate). On the beach the Britons saw a strange flag flying from a pole-a yellow field with vertical black stripes. The Amphion's pidgin-English interpreter asked the truculent islanders grouped around the flagpole what the flag stood for. It stood, said the natives, for "Martin Lo"-pidgin English for Marxian law. Communism had arrived among the atolls...
Bill Dawson, who started at left wing for the Varsity, was high scorer for the contest with two goals while the Crimson netted another goal from an inaccurate head by one of the zealous Worcester junior players...
...contest should be of value to both squads," Coach MacDonad said yesterday, "The Scans want to see if they're ready for their season which opens next week, and I'll be able to see how the team looks against something of known quantity...
There will be more than an ordinary football contest going on at Soldier's Field when Harvard entertains Western Maryland College on the latter's initial visit to Cambridge. Three pupils of Dick Harlow will be matching wits against the man who taught them the game. Head coach Charlie Havens and his assistants, Bruce Ferguson and Lou Lassahn learned the gridiron game from one of the all-time masterminds of the sport...
...Maryland machine may be the underdog in the season's opener as the South invades New England but they can always be counted on for a scrappy performance with plenty of the spirit that makes a good contest...