Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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General Ike Eisenhower ducked Washington's pinpricking Gridiron Dinner, went off to Manhattan to make an innocuous speech to the Pennsylvania Society. He might as well have stayed in Washington. When he finished speaking in New York, the master of ceremonies asked: "Is it any wonder that we are proud and happy to have this man as the next president-" The audience broke into wild applause, after which the master of ceremonies finished, lamely: "-of Columbia University...
...Gridiron Dinner, Henry Wallace was impersonated as a slightly hurt politico who rushed on stage and sang...
Deer hunters blunderbuss their way through the woods these days bagging an occasional stag, a whiskey flask, and if lucky, a good-natured game warden. But now that athletics have moved indoors, the green felt of the amateur croupier slowly substitutes for the paler verdure of the gridiron, and cards again become the preoccupation of informal undergraduate sports...
...Chapputs of Michigan, Bobby Layne of Texas, and Tex Furse of Yal are among the gridiron stars who will attend the fete at which Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York is to be honorary chairman...
...sports writers the country over have been throwing all reason to the winds in calling this spectacular clash. Local bookmakers give the home team an eight-point edge. Yale's injured backs ran smoothly yesterday afternoon as the Elis held their final practice of the year on the Bowl gridiron just before dusk. The squad looked balanced and high-spirited despite its shattering defeats of the past two weekends. Earlier in the afternoon on the same gridiron Harvard was cheerful and showed no signs of tension as the 38-man visiting team held its last warmup before the big game...