Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Elis need only a tie this afternoon to gain the undisputed crown; they could even lose to the Crimson if Penn ties or beats Cornell. But after losing to Army and Princeton in successive weeks, Yale does not want to lose. It will never be more "up" than it is this afternoon. The Elis opened their season with wins over Connecticut, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, and Dartmouth, plus a tie with Colgate...
Yale can do no better than a tie for the Big Three title, however. Harvard, on the other hand, needs only a tie to win its first undisputed Big Three crown since 1941. After flunking its opening test with UMass and being put on probation by the fickle fans, the Crimson beat Cornell, Ohio, and Princeton, while losing to Columbia and Dartmouth and tying Brown...
...YORK, N.Y. Nov. 15--George Terry, Boston University's unheralded sophomore star, almost ran the wrong way today, but he recovered in time to capture the IC4A individual crown on the Van Cortlandt Park course. Manhattan, placing three men in the top 20, took the team championship...
...boosted its own V-8's horsepower from 130 to 162, with optional carburetors and dual exhausts to push it to 182. All cars will come equipped with tubeless tires. The new paint combinations are dazzling, e.g., a white and lavender hardtop with orchid interior. Gaudiest car: the Crown Victoria Fairlane two-door (see cut), which has a thick belt of chrome running across the top of the car to make it look like a semi-convertible phaeton...
Cornell, winner of the Heptagonal cross-country championship, is a slight favorite to edge Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Michigan State for the IC4A crown today in New York's Van Cortlandt Park course...