Word: ely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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WALLY FLYNN, who was played by Dick Harlow "on a hunch" against Dartmouth two weeks ago, has turned in top-flight performances the last two games to make his bid for starting position against the Eli team. By far the best punter on the Crimson squad, he showed great defensive ability against Brown last week, more than once breaking through to throw Bruin backs for long losses...
HOWIE HOUSTON, another 200-pounder, has vied with Ned Dewey all season for the starting call at left tackle. He is fast on his feet, last week blocking a Bruin punt for a safety, and will probably see considerable action against the Eli eleven today...
...course, there remain the original college buildings like Connecticut Hall, where abode such luminaries as Nathan Hale, Yale '73, but the bulk of Eli construction has taken place in the past two decades...
Highly conservative, the establishment from the outside is a plain unmarked building save for the small inscription "Mory's" on the door. Inside, money rarely changes hands, payment being made by the signing of checks. To enter this exclusive group, an Eli pays only a small fee, but must be nominated by two present members and voted on by the board, a process which usually takes several weeks, or even months...
Here, then, is the picture on Saturday afternoon, when huge crowds are besieging the New Haven Street Railway. Travelling in large groups, the Elis attack the waiting streetcar in flying wedge formation and contrive to place their dates in some available seat. They then retire to the outer extremities of the car and seize upon some handy appendage from which they hang for the rest of the ride. As this handy appendage is frequently the collar of another Eli who in turn is hanging over the side of the car, it is possible to make the mile and a half...