Word: contests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contest at Annapolis, it is always difficult to predict what will happen in the raucous confines of the Navy squash courts. The combination of rabidly partisan crowds, swelteringly hot courts, unusually aggressive Navy players and other local conditions have proven the undoing of better teams than the present Crimson aggregation. Very few people would have given a penny for Navy's chances against Yale, but when it was all over, the Midshipmen had gained a 5-4 verdict. All this, combined with Friday the thirteenth, should give the Crimson what will undoubtedly be its toughest match of the season...
Varsity fencers are favored in their match with Trinity College in Hartford, conn., at 4 p.m. this afternoon. The second team will enter the contest with a record of two wins and no losses...
...Dwinell emerged as top scorer, with four goals, followed by Chris Norris who tallied twice. Dean Alpine, Tom Heintzman, Bruce Thomas, and Mike Grannis each scored once. Manager Dave Slattery called the game a "runaway" but warned that tomorrow's contest with Andover will be stiffer...
Today the team will travel to Andover for a game with Andover School. Neither Beckett nor Slattery anticipated too much trouble but felt that the contest will be considerably stiffer than yesterday...
...newspaper Pravda is running a contest for the best political joke. First prize: 20 years...