Word: contests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Democrat Michael Di Salle defeated C. William O'Neill in the contest for governor. In an exceptionally close race for the Senate, Republican Senator John Bricker lost to Steven Young...
...crushing line play that is Briggs' specialty was definitely missed in the Penn contest, although substitute tackle Bob Pillsbury turned in a commendable job. It is probable that Briggs will see action against Princeton, but his mobility may be somewhat hampered...
This was a most important game for the Crimson as Penn is probably the strongest team it will have to face in the Ivy League. The varsity could not have been in this contest if it played the brand of soccer it had in the past two weeks, and it was therefore particularly heartening to see the Crimson rise to the occasion...
Last week's decisive victory over Dartmouth has started a good deal of talk about the possibilities of the varsity winning the Ivy League championship this fall. Today's contest will go far towards determining whether this is just empty and over-optimistic chatter, or something to be taken quite seriously...
...after an initial period of shaky play, the varsity took charge of the contest and was never seriously challenged. The Crimson's defensive work was excellent. The line followed Penn's plays well, holding the Quakers to 116 yards on the ground. The pass defense kept Penn's completion percentage down to 4 out of 14 passes for 89 yards, 52 of which came on a single play from Tom Twitmyer to Parker Jacoby in the opening quarter to set up Penn's only touchdown...