Word: game
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this year's Yale game, the Alumni Association's Committee to Nominate Candidates for Overseers met in Boston and worked out a ten man slate that included the name of United Nations Under-Secretary Ralphe Bunche. Three months later, when the list had been published, Archibald B. Roosevelt '17 (son of T.R.) dispatched a long letter (see box) to President Pusey, expressing his horror at reading of Bunche's candidacy for the Board of Overseers, and urging Pusey to "find means to quash this most inappropriate nomination...
After beginning the year with a relatively inexperienced team, including members who were playing the game for the first time, the club met encouraging success. Following an initial shut-out victory over M.I.T., the team was invited to the spring tournament in Bermuda, where two rapid shut-outs won them the American title over the defending champions from Amherst...
...Crimson Freshmen probably worked best as a unit in the Boston College game, after they once got started, and in the Holy Cross and Dartmouth contests, both of which they won by a lone run. Against B.C. the Crimson fell behind, 7 to 2, after four innings but rallied to an eventual 16 to 7 romp...
...season's climax against the Eli yearlings Saturday, the Yardlings picked a poor time for their low point of the season. During the game the freshmen committed four very costly errors that let seven runs score. Yale took advantage of these gift runs and held fast behind pitcher Bob Carpenter to win, 13 to 6, over the Yardlings who were also not up to their usual hitting strength...
Also hampering the Yale attack was Bump Howe's brilliant goal-tending. Using his lacrosse stick like a combination baseball bat-broom, Howe not only stopped Eli shots but often swept the ball far upfield. He turned in 26 saves in the game...