Word: ely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other Yalemen would have agreed. When James Rowland Angell, amidst blaring bands and welcoming streamers, arrived in New Haven in 1921, he was the first non-Eli since 1766 to have been elected president of Yale - and Yale was never the same thereafter. For 16 years -through the roaring '20s, the big depression and the first days of the New Deal -Angell kept things stirring and growing. He built 37 new buildings on campus, nearly quadrupled Yale's endowment (from $25 million to $95 million...
Timeouts and injuries were numberless. At five minute of the first period, third line center Joe Kittredge crashed into the corner of the Yale cage, broke it loose from its moorings, and upset Eli goalie Jimmy Burns, who fell and cracked his skull first against the meandering cage and then against the ice. Burns was revived quickly but was forced to quit the game...
Shortly afterwards second line center Myles Huntington got an Eli shoulder in the face and was removed to the dressing room for treatment of a badly broken nose. He was equipped with a Buck Rogers helment and insisted on finishing out the game...
Skating time is at such a premium in Cambridge and Boston that the freshmen will be entering today's game with only a one-hour early morning practise yesterday as a warmup. Unlike the Crimson, the Eli skaters have had a rink to themselves practically all season...
Yale's squad is much like the BU team. It is more experienced and has a strong offensive attack. But Coach Priddy's defense is in excellent order, and should be able to slow down the Eli somewhat...