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Neither the betting fraternity of New Jersey nor the urchins in the Square give Dick Harlow's gridiron machine much prospect when it rolls on Soldiers Field against Brown's polished 1947 eleven this afternoon at 2 o'clock before an estimated 15,000 fans. Judging from the gloomy record, the Crimson is not loaded for the kind of Bruin that invades Cambridge today looking for Brown's eighth win in 46 tries against Harvard...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Brown Stomps in Today as 13-Point Favorite | 11/15/1947 | See Source »

Even in the absence of last year's regulars Chip Gannon and Bill Brady, who will not report for court duty until after the Yale gridiron clash, the present 30-man squad has great advantages, both in speed and height, over the 1946-47 unit...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/13/1947 | See Source »

Pouncing on one of the few remaining rays of gridiron hope, Ernest I. Sly ocC yesterday disclosed the results of his revolutionary football rating system, which ranks the Crimson far above all the nation's other elevens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Astounding New Grid Ratings Rank Crimson Nation's Best | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

...evening found Crimson adherents downcast gridiron wise, it also found them attending what conservative observes called the most extensive bacchanalia since last year's Yale game. The discouragement lasted through the first few hours, but after that nobody cared very much...

Author: By R. SCOT Leavitt, | Title: Stadium Affray Is Death Knell Of Enchantment | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...these teams, although they first played in the spring of 1877. Competition was suspended during both World Wars and for eight years from 1926 to 1934 when the concept of friendly rivalry was strained by the professional manner in which Fritz Crisler's "phenomenals" disported themselves on the gridiron...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

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