Word: contests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bernard Baruch, 78, accepting the honorary chairmanship of the Hearst national oratory contest, had some advice for members of the younger generation who aspire to be elder statesmen: "Ability and facility to express an idea is almost as important as the idea itself...
Cornell, which has a fair average of .500 in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball, plays host to Harvard, which has no EIBL record at all except a string of zeros, in a basketball contest tonight at Ithaca...
Neither Hal Ulen nor Tiger coach Howie Stepp will pay much about the contest. Both need a win tonight, as upper-bracket standing in the Eastern Intercollegiate League is at stake. Princeton will have the benefit of being at home in its spanking new Dillon pool--the most ultra-modern dixiecup in the east. The Crimson, on the other hand, has a somewhat better record this season and possibly the edge in material...
...Lowell-Dudley tilt was not decided until the final minutes, when the smoothly working league leaders broke away from a 38-38 tie to win their ninth straight contest. Pacing the losers was John Woods, who sank nine out of nine free throws, and added 19 points to his squad's total...
...weakened by the loss of ace wingman Jack Carrity who sat out the contest with a sprained ankle, was unable to stop the Crimson attack. The Yardling second line of Morgan Hatch, Jon Snelling, and Nat Harris scored six of the 11 goals...