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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that time a surprising Crimson eleven had fought the favored Elis to a standstill, and, except for the first 30 seconds, had outplayed them. The booters put on their best showing of the year in upsetting the strong Bulldog squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOTERS BEAT YALE ON MENDEL'S SCORE | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

...Page was the other Harvard here, trying to score with a sizzling goal after five minutes of the first period and making up for the Eli goal scored inside the first minute of the game. This was Page's sixth score of the year, and he finished the season the leading Crimson scorer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOTERS BEAT YALE ON MENDEL'S SCORE | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

...First of all, the Blue Chief-of-Staff has been concerned with a remedy for the faulty blocking in his backfield which has sapped a good deal of the Bulldog's offensive strength throughout the season. And secondly he has had to face the task of building his embattled Elis up to a high emotional pitch which came so near to carrying them to victory over the Princeton powerhouse...

Author: By William D. Hart, SPORTS EDITOR, YALE DAILY NEWS | Title: Crimson Is Favorite in Stadium Classic | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

According to the late reports from the Blue camp both of these problems have been satisfactorily solved. The solution of the first involves Bill Starbuck, success-story Sentor, whom Pond has selected to start in the first backfield as blocking back tomorrow. Up to two weeks ago, Starluck was a little-known understudy for Captain Bill Stack at center, and for this very reason his appearances in games had been few and brief...

Author: By William D. Hart, SPORTS EDITOR, YALE DAILY NEWS | Title: Crimson Is Favorite in Stadium Classic | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

Bill Cunningham of the Post: "Harvard, 14 to 7. Yale's been slugged around all season with a tough schedule. They'll put up a great fight in the first half, then probably tire. After that the Elis won't be able to do much more than pass and pray. Harvard has much better running hacks; but it should be a hell of a game of tactics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

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