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...most amazing turnabout of an unpredictable season, the Crimson basketball team, trailing 32 to 19 at the half and looking for all the world like a dying dog, returned in an indescribably explosive second half to outscrap, outshoot, and outplay an unbelieving Pennsylvania quintet, winning 57 to 56 at the Indoor Athletic Building last night...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: HECTIC SECOND HALF SPURT BRINGS CRIMSON 57-56 VICTORY OVER PENN | 2/25/1943 | See Source »

...Harvard team took advantage of the breaks, and when there were none it proceeded to outplay the Lions, man for man. Coach Wes Fesler had given the squad a new offensive system in the Tuesday practice, and its use was one of the deciding factors last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIVE OPENS E.I.L. SEASON WITH WIN OVER COLUMBIA | 1/11/1940 | See Source »

Professional Golfer Gene Sarazen, one-time British and twice U. S. Open Champion, recently said: "Any man is crazy to take up golf as a profession. . . ." Professional golfers receive no salary for their competitive performances, are rewarded only when they outplay 100 to 500 opponents and finish in the money. When a professional wins the National Open championship, No. 1 U. S. golf event, he receives only $1,000 cash-about the same amount a second-rate prize fighter gets as a preliminary attraction to a world-cham-pionship fight-plus advertising which has no fixed cash value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grapefruit Opener | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

...succeeded Lowell as league golf champion in the last stages of competition, was trimmed by Berkley 6 1/2 to 2 1/2. Flaherty and Severs, playing in the first foursome, split with Knowles and Creekmore of Yale, 1 1/2 to 1 1/2. But the second foursome saw Potts and Berger outplay Mellman and Lowe of Adams, the Gold coasters picking up only half a point when Lowe split his match point with Potts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Lose to Davenport in Tennis and Baseball; Berkeley Trims Goldcoast Golfers; Crucial House Track Meet Today | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...other House game played Winthrop House took a 7-0 decision from Dunster. Although they fumbled on the opening kickoff, the Puritans trned back Dunster's early bid and came back strong to outplay the Deacons throughout the rest of the game. The lone touchdown was rung up in the second half of the contest after a steady march...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELIOT GRIDDERS TAKE LEAD IN HOUSE RACE | 10/21/1937 | See Source »

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