Word: elision
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last year, the champs challenged Sterling Library of Yale to a game, only to have the Elis refuse. Down in New Haven, it seems, the librarians play nothing but softball.
In 1935 the Blue won the title after a play-off with Harvard. In 1940 it won in straight games, capturing five in a row after it had tied its opener, 1 to 1, with Princeton. A 5-1 victory over the Crimson in the season's finale at New...
On paper, the two squads look about even, with the Crimson perhaps having a slight edge. The Elis gained a 14 to 13 margin in the Pentagonals, but that was definitely an off day for Harvard. Furthermore, Yale had tough sledding against the Columbia swordsmen, while the Peroymen disposed of...
NEW HAVEN, Conn,--Yale's magnificent swimmers overcame the Crimson tankmen, 55 to 20 this evening in a bitterly contested meet in the exhibition pool of the Payne Whitney gymnasium. The Elis clinched the affair after they swept first and second places in the breastroke.
Aside from the Cutler-Johnson duel in the 220, the best race of the meet should be Yale's Joe Burns versus Art Bosworth in the 150 backstroke. The Blue dorsal expert has been turning in slightly faster times this year, but Bossie is sure to make it a real...