Word: plays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hamm's victory was followed rapidly by wins at fourth, sixth and eighth singles, and it is quite possible that the critical factor in the match was the decision to play the even matches first. This move capitalized on the favored Elis' inevitable overconfidence, and the resulting 4-0 Crimson lead put Yale in a nearly impossible position...
...tough-spirited, oddly joyous compassion--which amounts largely to the same thing. The plotting is tenuous, and the characters while vivid and attractive do not take up permanent residence in the mind, as great comic characters do. The cast of the present revival is not much help. But the play has lived fifty years on its dancing words alone, and it is alive and lovely still...
...Irish Players, who have brought The Playboy to Boston after a successful run off-Broadway in New York, are not a first-rate group, and the far limits of the play's potential would be beyond them under the best of circumstances. But they sport adequate brogues, they have a good Pegeen in Miss Carroll, and they do not spoil the permanent freshness of Synge's play...
Yale teams usually play over their heads against the Crimson, especially in hockey. Last year's powerhouse team, for example, was held to only six goals at the Arena by a combination of goalie Gerry Jones' acrobatics and close defensive play...
Convinced of its chances to win, Yale will play a more open game than last year, taking chances and forechecking, rather than laying back and trying to keep down the score. With a first line of three excellent hockey players, its scoring punch has increased substantially, even within the last two months...