Word: matches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Theoretically, the best possible win for a Harvard team is one over Yale, and this year's team put the theory into practice. Going into the match with the Elis, who had not previously been defeated, the varsity was rated an underdog. But after the 6-3 triumph, there was little dispute as to which was the better squad...
...outstanding match was at first singles, between Junta and Yale's sophomore ace, Don Dell. Almost completely recovered from his injury, Junta started out the contest by literally blowing Dell off the court in the first...
...which gave Dell a good deal of trouble all afternoon, the Crimson captain took the opening set, 6-1. Dell came back to win the second, but behind 3-1 in the deciding set, Junta found his second wind and determinedly won the next five games to take the match...
...into posing on horseback until a comrade muttered: "Cossack!" Bantamweight Vladimir Stogov, an army chauffeur, took a turn behind the wheel of a new Ford, fled in terror when he pushed a button and the retractable hardtop began to fold. By the time the Russians got to their first match in Chicago's International Amphitheater they should have been thoroughly bushed. But they were still more than a match for the seven U.S. strongmen who had been assembled by Bar-Bell Manufacturer Bob Hoffman...
...that experts insisted he was constitutionally incapable of using, Botvinnik, 46, strung out the 23rd game of the tournament until World Champion Vasily Smyslov, 37, broke under the strain. Rather than resume the adjourned game, Smyslov offered a draw by telephone. This gave Botvinnik half a point and the match, 12½-10½. Thus, without even the satisfaction of a handshake, Botvinnik regained the title that he lost to Smyslov last year...