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Those who saw the varsity's 35-20 loss to Princeton may have been reminded of the 1952 season when both Yale and Princeton defeated the Crimson by astronomical scores, with an upset win by Brown sandwiched in between. In order to prevent a repetition of gridiron history and to enter the Yale game next week with something like an outside chance, a good showing by the varsity today is a must...
With the turning of the leaves and the rapid approach of the gridiron season, familiar grumblings about the system of ticket distribution again highlight dinner tabletalk. The old bruhaha continues to evoke undergraduate gripes and groans, most complainers failing to realize why they must bear the gross inconvenience of requesting their billets two weeks in advance...
...Santa Maria in his native village of Terranuova, south of Florence, a reliquary for the bones of St. Lawrence, one of Rome's most popular saints (who refused to surrender the church's treasures and in 258 was supposed to have been roasted to death on a gridiron...
...problem that the senator raised. A few weeks before, one of Furbush's colleagues had even suggested a song: Harvard's football classic, "The Gridiron King" ("Hit the line for Harvard ..."). This legislator hoped someone would write new words to "The Gridiron King," much as the State of Maryland had adapted the old German Christmas carol "O Tannenbaum" to its own purposes. This suggestion, however, evoked sharp editorial response from the ever-watchful Boston Herald: "Leave the songs to the birds and Tin-Pan Alley." The Herald's plan, however, does not appear to be the most practical solution. Massachusetts...
...spot on the crowded Ivy schedules. Chicago, however, is not a newcomer. Harvard, in fact, helped administer the coup de grace in Chicago's final season with a 61-0 affair at Stagg Field--one year after a 47-12 rite in Cambridge. Perhaps Harvard might atone for this gridiron homicide by welcoming the once disgraced Maroon back to intercollegiate football...