Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...study of atheltic ethics, the group has corresponded with such notables as Lou Little, the Associated Press "Coach of the Half Century," and W. Barry Wood '31, vice-president of Johns Hopkins and "prototype of the scholar-athlete...
Trailing, 23 to 6, at halftime, the varsity caught fire in the second half and nearly pulled the game out. Two plays after the kickoff, fullback Sam Halaby turned in the longest run from scrimmage in the long history of Harvard Stadium--an 84-yard dash, aided by a picture block by Larry Repsher. Quarterback Charlie Ravenel guided another touchdown drive, and the Crimson was within one point, 23 to 22. But Harvard could not score again...
...After playing hopscotch, Elsa and I liked to pick Japanese beetles off the rosebuds in the yard. They crawled on our fingers like a symbol of our half-formed feelings...
...first half, the varsity could not launch a sustained offense, and the two teams sparred inconclusively up and down the field. The Crimson pressed harder during the third period, and really let loose with a fourth-quarter surge that seemed certain to break the scoreless deadlock...
...unopposed Ivy crown. News from Philadelphia, however, indicated later that Penn, playing on its own field with the services of captain John Jerbasi, had tied Yale, 4 to 4. Thus, unless fate intervenes, a Crimson victory in the Yale encounter will still give the varsity the championship by half a game...