Word: gridironic
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...this change in Yale's schedule, Harvard hopes that it will not be continued after this year. Much of the appeal of the Harvard-Yale classic lies in its traditional status as a farewell appearance. It is fitting that it should be, for both teams, the climax of the gridiron season...
...flock of blue-jerseyed athletes will arrive in Boston this morning to battle for Eli on the gridiron and the soccer field. Yale is sending nearly 150 men to compete in sports over the week-end and 43 of these are Varsity football players...
...name of Corbus already was great at Stanford and at Vallejo (Calif.) High School which last year re-christened its gridiron Corbus Field for the alumnus whose cleated shoes had honored it. When he entered Stanford in 1930 Bill Corbus, big, blond and handsome, had to submit to the nickname "Baby Face." With even less relish he heard sportwriters call him "Baby Faced Assassin." He achieved scholastic standing (in economics) far above average. Last year he was elected president of the student body, was named right guard on Grantland Rice's All-American. Quiet, unassuming, no chesty campus hero...
...strains of the West Point band, and forming the most brilliant spectacle that Boston is ever treated to, the Cadets from the banks of the Hudson invade Cambridge today for the annual football classic. There is one question, and one question only in the minds of gridiron followers today, and that is, "Can Harvard turn the tables on the highly-touted Army eleven?" Viewing the odds of from 5-1 to 3-1 and 2-1 which the bookies were offering yesterday, it looks as if there were little doubt in the minds of most, concerning the outcome. A victory...
...vastly improved Freshman football outfit engages the junior varsity gridiron men in their annual battle on the jayvee turf at 2.15 o'clock this afternoon...