Word: doped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Anyone who knows the detailed storeis of those Harvard-Yale games will testify that when these two ancient rivals clash upon the gridiron, respective season's records, betting odds, and dope must be absolutely disregarded...
...undergraduate contributions. Ralph Horween '19 gives a new review of the season, while G. C. Noyes '20 points out "Why Harvard Should Win." The feature football article of the issue may be said to be, however, one by W. Jackson '21, who has compiled a large amount of "Inside dope" from a number of former players and coaches. This article includes notes on all the big games from the beginning of the "Haughton system" to present times...
...cross the tape, but it is fairly certain that first honors will be captured by one of five stars, each from a different college: McDermott of Cornell, Higgins of Columbia, Rogers of Princeton Simmons of Syracuse or MacMahon of M. I. T. Second choices who may upset the "dope" are Watson of Syracuse, Brown and Irish of Cornell, and McCulloch of Princeton...
Reports from Cornell scouts rate Dartmouth very highly, and Dobie with his usual caution declared that the dope favored the Green team to win. However, in view of Dobie's past predictions, this statement is a pretty certain indication of a Cornell victory. Dartmouth will give the Red and White their first real test, since Rutgers and Colgate, ordinarily among the leaders in intercollegiate football, have been represented by very mediocre teams this fall...
...would be superficial, however, to judge the conference merely from the speeches delivered in the Coliseum. An opportunity was afforded to meet and exchange views with men from other colleges and throughout the world, a chance, as one man expressed it, "to get the dope on yourself" that could not have been offered by a small convention or through ordinary discussion. There was something remarkably imposing in the mere sight of seven thousand delegates representing all races and nationalities gathered under a single roof. That was one of the things which helped make the conference broad...