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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University lost the first round yesterday in its attempt to have part of its Observatory Hill land rezoned to permit apartment house construction. The Cambridge Planning Board recommended to the City Council that the University's petition for a zoning change he denied...
...traveling squad is complete except for Peto Coyne, who is remaining home because of serious illness in his family. Another unusual factor is that Captain Hugh Edmonds and first-string end Peirce Leavitt, of the jayvees, will not be able to play in their game today, since both are important men in tomorrow's varsity lineups. Edmonds is now second-string varsity quarterback, while Leavitt will probably get the starting assignment at defensive right...
...first Harvard-Yale football game was played on Saturday, November 13, 1875 on Hamilton Field in New Haven. There were three "halves;" Harvard won by scoring four goals and a like number of touchdowns, while holding Yale scoreless...
...Harvard-Yale game of 1891 produced America's first football ticket scandal. There were no laws against scalping and there was no such thing as a federal admission tax, but it was strictly against the law to counterfeit tickets, which is exactly what a New York speculator did before his activities were halted by a gendarme...
...years, finally gained revenge when he dropkicked a 22-yard field goal with only three minutes left to play to win for Yale, 3 to 0. It was Harvard's only setback of the season and the Crimson last a golden opportunity to win the eastern championship for the first time since...