Word: iowa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strength is considerable. Iowa-born Ziffren, 43, is a political Johnny-come-lately who concentrated on practicing and teaching tax law around Chicago after graduation from Northwestern University. Moving to Los Angeles in 1943, he dipped a toe in the political pool by campaign fund raising. In 1950 he helped stage Helen Gahagan Douglas' unsuccessful battle against Dick Nixon for the U.S. Senate. Ziffren was named national committeeman in 1953, immediately set about reorganizing California's clanking party machinery, is given credit for the Democrats' 1956 gains in Congress (two) and the state legislature (two senate seats...
...Suffering through their worst season ever, Notre Dame's Irish took an unkind cut from an unexpected quarter. Said ex-Coach Frank Leahy (whose teams were sometimes capable of feigning injuries as they were often capable of fighting for victory): "I watched the Iowa game . . . there was no fight, no will to win. What has happened to the old Notre Dame spirit?" The criticism heated up the temper of Notre Dame's young (28) Coach Terry Brennan, a protege of Leahy, and when he heard idle gossip that Leahy might be heading for a job as a Notre...
...Cold-numbed fingers and fumbles sent scores soaring on the nation's football fields. Iowa's Rose Bowl-bound Big Ten champions whipped Notre Dame. 48-8. Yale rolled to its first official Ivy League title by trouncing Harvard 42-14. Oklahoma's Sooners, still looking for a suitable opponent, smothered Nebraska 54-6 for their 39th successive victory. Tennessee stayed with Oklahoma on the unbeaten list with a 20-7 win over Kentucky...
...football rounded the November corner, conference standings and bowl claims began to come into focus. Yale, still smarting from eight defeats in the last nine games with Princeton, buried the previously unbeaten Tigers 42-20, assured itself at least a tie for the Ivy League championship. Iowa's Hawkeyes hung on to a thin 6-0 lead over Ohio State, edged up on the Big Ten title and copped their tickets to the Rose Bowl. Michigan State dropped out of the Big Ten title scramble by losing to Minnesota, 14-13. Oregon State just managed to squeak past Idaho...
...quarter, Oregon State completed a lovely 59-yd. pitch-and-run pass play of their own leading to a touchdown and, midway in the last quarter, went all the way on another pass. The extra point made the difference. Come New Year's Day, barring the absolutely unexpected, Iowa will find Oregon State waiting in Pasadena for the first seasonal rematch in Rose Bowl history...