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M.I.T. is still untested in college competition, but Princeton has already exhibited its prowess by out-rowing Pennsylvania on the Schuykill River in Philadelphia last week. The Tiger varsity won by more than a length at the Henley distance of a mile and five-sixteenths...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oarsmen Set for Opener Against Princeton, Tech | 4/23/1947 | See Source »

Winners of the three main intramural competitions will uphold the prowess of the College Houses tomorrow against the Yale intra-College champions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell, Adams Meet Bulldog's College Champions Tomorrow | 3/21/1947 | See Source »

...date only seventh place Dartmouth (2 and 4) and last place Yale (2 and 5) have been actually eliminated from the championship race, both despite the prowess of two highly-touted centers, And Brindley and Tony Lavelli. Ivy League Standings WON LOST PTS. OP. PTS. Columbia 5 0 273 221 Cornell 4 3 301 276 Pennsylvania 4 3 359 371 HARVARD 23 238 246 Princeton 2 3 210 226 Dartmouth 2 4 297 299 Yale...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/18/1947 | See Source »

...detail had been spared to make their trip a success, no chance overlooked to display Britain's manufacturing prowess. In Portsmouth harbor, Britain's vastest, newest battleship, the 42,500-ton Vanguard, was laden with three vanloads of baggage, a refrigerator freight car full of choice game. Five Vickers Viking planes equipped with the latest safety gadgets, four dozen or so sleek, new Daimler, Austin and Humber motorcars, a 14-coach, ivory-and-gold train, complete with telephones, offices, kitchens, salons and armor-plate windows had been shipped ahead. The Vanguard herself was tricked out with curtains, carpets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Happy Fortunes | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...absence due to sickness of high-scoring Dave Abbott, who had rallied the team to both victories by his sharp-shooting from the center position, will be a serious blow to the sextet's offensive prowess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Skaters Face Framingham's Squad | 1/8/1947 | See Source »

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