Word: contest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John Harvard's ghost appeared briefly on the scene to predict that the Crimson would trounce the Tigers 60-14 in revenge for last year's 16-14 defeat. He also guaranteed that each cheerleader would do 35 push-ups to entertain the crowd at today's contest...
...Crimson will be hampered by other injuries to key personnel. Center halfback Bill Rapp has a severe charley-horse, but he will probably start. Fullback Lanny Keyes' badly bruised instep should not keep him out of the contest, and John Mudd and Tadgh Sweeney--the first-line insides--may be bothered considerably by ankle ailments...
...sharp contrast to the last stadium contest, the field should be dry and the weather clear. A crowd of 35,000, the largest of the year, is expected to watch the varsity endeavor to maintain its threat for first place honors. To do so, Harvard must stop or outscore the Tigers, and the first alternative is most unlikely...
With a 2-2 record in the league, the Crimson must win all its remaining games (Princeton, Brown, Yale), to threaten, and of these, today's contest with Princeton will unquestionably be the toughest. Brown has Choquette but little else; Yale racked up an impressive unbeaten, untied, and unscored on record, but lost it against relatively soft opposition. There is nothing weak, however, about the Tigers...
...Kirkland House junior representative contest is the only one in which more than two candidates are running...