Word: pasts
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...fourth quarter in last Saturday's football game, Cornell fullback Phil Taylor took a pass from quarterback Dave McKelvey, got past two Harvard defenders, and scored on a 76-yard touchdown play that put the Big Red ahead for the first time all afternoon, 18 to 16. It hardly mattered that McKelvey passed to John Sadusky in the end zone for two more points; the varsity had lost after building up a seemingly insurmountable lead. The defeat, shocking and demoralizing in its suddenness, had a profound effect on players, coaches, and spectators that did not disappear for a long time...
Although Bill McCurdy-coached varsities have not in the past made a habit of losing, there had been some doubt before yesterday's race that the tradition would hold. The rest of the season looks brighter now, and even the Heptagonals may not be a totally unpleasant experience...
Most encouraging of all for the varsity is the news that captain Eddie Martin has looked better during the past week than at any other time since he incurred his crippling heel injury. If Martin is healthy, there are few men who can beat him. Sophomore Tony Field, weakened earlier this season by the effects of an operation, will start for the first time today and should help the Crimson cause...
Rising interest in rugby during the past two years has this fall produced what may be the strongest team ever to don the Crimson stripes. Combining a hard core of returning veterans with new young talent, the squad shows promise of being "considerably better" than last spring's powerful but unlucky fifteen, vice-President Warren Young said last night...
...past, the Rugby Club has always had difficulty in getting enough men to field a team, but before yesterday's scrimmage with M.I.T., 30 men were warming up for the Crimson. Although hampered by darkness and a narrow field, the team showed a fast and able three-quarter line and a stiff defense as it played out a 0-0 tie with the Panthers...