Word: ely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...victory, although the vaunted Bulldogs' point total was their highest against a Crimson eleven since 1884. Harvard bounced back the next year, in 1953, however, and surprised an equally respected Yale team, 13 to 0. The Crimson followed again the next year with a 13-9 upset over the Eli squad that seemed headed for Ivy title...
...does the Harvard-Yale contest now pit the country's greatest players against each other in head-to-head competition, as was the case for three fabulous seasons between 1929 and 1931. In those last glorious days of football at the two colleges Crimson quarterback Barry Wood and Eli halfback Albie Booth staged battles that were watched by every sport fan in the land. Still, when the ancient opponents take the field each year, a certain element exists which the trumped-up "big-time" clashes cannot equal--a hint of greatness, and a sprit of competition that has existed since...
...freshman meet, the Crimson squad also took dead last, tallying 54 points, against 30 for Yale and 36 for Princeton. Eli Bob Mack covered the three and one-tenth mile distance in 15:16 for a new record, breaking the old mark of 15:39 set by Tiger Pete Hoey, who finished second yesterday...
Three Yale performers--captain John Blake, Tommy Carroll, and John Morrison--crossed the finish line arm-in-arm to tie for second in 25:02, 16 seconds behind the younger Kingston. Tom Cathcart followed soon after in fifth position, and Tom Cox rounded out the Eli scoring with a 12th-place effort...
...British went ahead 6 to 4 when Taylor took the 220 in 21.9. Yale's Dave Bain was leading with 70 yards to go but pulled up with a muscle strain. The absence of Eli Steve Snyder, out with glanduler fever, hurt the Americans here...