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Harvard made its first goal within two minutes, and was never in any difficulty for the rest of the afternoon. Except for a few sporadic flurries, the ball was in the Lion end of the field for the entire first half, and it stayed there most of the second...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Soccer Team Wins Without Ohiri, Easily Overwhelms Columbia, 4-0 | 10/23/1961 | See Source »

...watch on the Lion varsity will be goalie Tim Krupa, who kept the defeat at New Haven from turning into a minor rout by an excellent performance in the first half. Other standouts are chuck Kleinhaus and Bob Contiguglia, both hold-overs from last year's team. The third Lion who might break into the scoring column this morning is Sampson Jemie, who scored Columbia's second goal in the game with Yale...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Soccer Team Will Face Columbia Missing Ohiri | 10/21/1961 | See Source »

...raised her in the Adamson house at Isiolo, Kenya. When Elsa reached her full growth, Joy Adamson decided that Elsa should be set free, laboriously taught the house-trained animal to behave like a lioness. Almost beyond question, Joy Adamson was the first human being ever to teach a lion to track down and kill an antelope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Impractical Cats | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

...morning to find himself pinned to his cot by the lioness, who nibbled affectionately at his face. Den Mother Adamson was severe: "I gave her such a beating that she sulkily left the tent." By this time the reader has become as fond as the author of this literary lion, and it is a sad thing to read, on the last page, that there will be no more books about Elsa. She died of a blood disease early this year (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Impractical Cats | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

This outstanding early-season offensive record is attributable to Columbia's excessively talented backfield, called by experts "the best Lion backfield since the War." Tom Vasell, one of the league's leading passers, is first string quarterback for the third consecutive season. Already this year, he has completed 21 out of 35 passes for a near-600 percentage, 263 yards, and one TD. Behind him is running strength in halfbacks Tom O'Connor and Russ Warren, who have logged over 180 yards apiece on the ground for averages of 5.9 and 4.5 yards per carry, respectively...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/17/1961 | See Source »

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