Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...coach Lloyd Jordan said publicly only that "that sort of thing makes football," but insiders felt that he was less than pleased by the incident. Captain John Nichols was less reticent about his feelings, declaring, "Frankly I think it stinks." Mutterings about "good sportsmanship" echoed between Cambridge and New Haven for a few weeks before the matter slowly died...
Although the Crimson began well, the rivalry assumed a Blue tinge the next year, as Yale pulled out a highly disputed victory over the varsity at New Haven. Grumbling about unfair officiating and poor treatment of visitors echoed for weeks; the dissatisfaction even reached Princeton, where the Princetonian remarked, "Yale has been fortunate again--in its umpire...
...Yale production created a stir in drama circles up and down the Ivy League, drew in droves of New Haven academics and New York critics, and was shipped off to Brussels by the State Department to represent the American theatre at the World's Fair. Charles A. Fenton, Assistant Professor of English at Yale, hailed the New Haven production in the pages of the Nation as a "moving and exciting play" notable for its "superb craftsmanship." "J.B., it's a pleasure to report, is good theatre and a fine display of a writer of genuine intellectual substance who has nevertheless...
...From New Haven comes coach Jordan Olivar's boast that he has never sent a Yale team into a game in better shape. After five straight wins and a trouncing over Princeton, his team, an underdog two months ago, is now favored by most observers to beat the Crimson...
...other action in the League, Dartmouth visits Princeton in an important game for the Indians. If the Big Green wins, it can hold on to a chance for first place in the League. But the spotlight of the day will be on New Haven. And there it seems that the Crimson will prove the old chestnut: Yale has the Bowl, but Harvard has the punch...