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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Between such extremes are a number of highly respectable performances. The wins over Cornell and Penn showed that if the squad can gain consistently it can look forward to more than the usual two or three Ivy League wins per season. The victories over two less impressive foes--Amherst and Northeastern--demonstrated the team's ability to overcome a half-time deficit...

Author: By Lee Pollak, | Title: Basketball Team Splits 12 Games In Early Season | 2/1/1956 | See Source »

Joel Landau, who is considered one of the most talented freshmen track stars in years, will have tough competition in the 50-yard dash, as he is running against Rod Richards, winner of the Pan-American Games last year, and Art Pollard, Penn State...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Cohen and Dillard to Meet in BAA; Two-Mile Relay Team Seeks Mark | 1/27/1956 | See Source »

Whenever Lehigh wrestlers travel out of town, half of Bethlehem huddles over its radios to get a hold-by-hold report. When the Engineers take on a visiting team, home-town rooters pack the house. Last week, when Ike and his teammates wrestled with Penn State, some 3,300 fans elbowed their way into Lehigh's Grace Hall, and not until the champ had pinned his man with a reverse chancery and body press did the town relax. Saddened by Lehigh's team loss, 17-13, John Pappajohn, 59, a local shoemaker and undisputed dean of Bethlehem wrestling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bethlehem's Champ | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...beating the Quakers for the first time since March 4, 1947, the Crimson came from nine points behind after 5:30 of the first half. The zone defense which Coach Wilson had hoped would stop Penn's Joe Sturgis was successful in that respect but had to be abandoned when Lou Bayne of the Red and Blue tallied ten points in the first ten minutes...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Five Edges Penn, Drops Close Cornell Game | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

...Penn led, 43 to 41, at the half, but in the second half the Crimson moved the ball crisply and Bob Hastings, in the back-court, passed too quickly for Penn's zone defense. Sturgis was scoring now, too, however, and Penn led by 61 to 55 after 9:30. Then Canty, who had been benched since late in the first half with four personal fouls, came back...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Five Edges Penn, Drops Close Cornell Game | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

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