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Coach Bruch Munro plans to stick with his original starting lineup in his second match of the year. The Crimson defeated Tufts Wednesday with little trouble, 3 to 1. Three of Munro's forwards--Grey Hodnett, Hank Holmes, and Robin Magowan--scored in the Jumbo contest...
...college was the famed circus owner, P.T. Barnum. In 1882 Barnum gave Tufts a museum and from time to time provided it with animal skins to be stuffed for exhibit. Then in 1885 Barnum's most colossal specimen and the world's largest elephant in captivity, Jumbo, was tragically killed by a railroad train. As usual, Barnum promised the elephant's hide to Tufts. But first he took it on a tour of Europe, where twice as many people paid to see Jumbo stuffed (as compared to his earnings when he was alive...
...course, getting Jumbo onto the Tufts campus and into the Barnum Museum caused no little stir. The building's stone steps had to be removed and its floor lowered three times before Jumbo gained his final resting place in 1890. By that time the huge elephant had officially become the Tufts' mascot and the college was nicknamed the "Jumbos...
Although Arlanson has not been right every time in the past, there is a feeling among Tufts rooters this year that his optimism may well be justified. Boasting a completely veteran backfield, this year's Jumbo eleven looks to be the best in many seasons...
...opening contest pits the Crimson against Tufts, and this Jumbo eleven will not be as difficult as the one the football team meets the next Saturday. This should count...