Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...election out, 60,000-vote majorities to his hand-picked candidates. White-maned Boss Crump, with a grandpappy grin and an eloquent gift for invective (he once said that an opponent would "milk his neighbor's cow through a crack in the fence"), gave Memphis emerald-green parks, good schools and libraries, roared around town yelling "Hiya, boy" at anyone who would look his way (and all Memphians did), got rich on an insurance company that everyone in his bailiwick clamored to patronize...
...would be slighting the Big Green and its omnipresent Bill Beagle to say that the Crimson handed Dartmouth a 13 to 7 victory Saturday--nevertheless the varsity was the better team. Against the myriad of fumbles, costly penalties and three interceptions, one must consider the superior line play of the Harvard line (Dartmouth gained 68 yards rushing), the running of Matt Botsford, and the general dominance of the Crimson. In the fateful third quarter, when Dartmouth scored the deciding touchdown, the Green ran exactly seven plays, while the varsity which drove 78 yards down the field but failed to score...
...many times Saturday did offside penalties allow the Green to move the ball out of its territory; too often were nascent Crimson drives stopped short by interceptions or fumbles. It might be noted that in keeping with the chance element of the game the Crimson's only touchdown resulted from a long desperation pass, while its more orthodox power thrust in the third quarter failed both for lack of signal-calling imagination and a determined Dartmouth stand...
...pass frequently enough. Beagle completed ten out of 15 including two touchdown passes. Considering the effectiveness of the Crimson line Beagle called a very con- servative game, conceding the offensive initiative to the chance of a dangerous interception. This tightly conceived and executed game eventually paid off for the Green, but had thing gone differently, the fourth quarter would have seen a burst of passes, and the post game press conference might have seen a rueful Tuss McLaughry, again vowing that his team should have passed more...
Saturday's game may have been disappointing, but it was not discouraging. The play of Dave Bodiker, Art Painter, Bill Meigs, Tim Anderson, John Maher, and Orville Tice could leave only Green halfback Lou Turner discouraged. Encouraging too was the return of wingback Dexter Lewis. Out for three games with a pre-season injury, Lewis still looks like a dangerous runner who gets eight yards out of a five yard opening. Botsford again played a fine game-given good openings he ran very well...