Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Weekend has already started in Hanover, N.H. Fraternities are crowded with the best of dates from Colby, Smith, and points south. Alumni from all over the country have flocked to Dartmouth for the traditional game. There is no chance of rain, according to the forecasters. Last night was "Dartmouth night"; today is Homecoming; in short, it will be a weekend to cap all weekends, even Dartmouth weekends...
...questionable who made the most off the seventh annual Harvard-Columbia contest the long-shot artists who bet the Crimson might actually win by as much as 14 points, or the sealpers who sold cheap plastic raincoats for twice their value among 13,000 rain-groggy spectators...
...final score of the rain-drench game was Harvard 21, Columbia 7, but it just might have been more. The varsity was clearly the superior team, picking up 286 total yards to Columbia's 143, and controlling the ball for 72 plays from scrimmage to 34 for Columbia...
...score might have been at least six points greater, for the varsity had a 62 yard punt return by Joslin nullified by a clipping penalty in the first period. Soon after that, the rain increased to such a point that the slippery footing made long runs virtually impossible...
...score might have been at least six points greater, for the varsity had a 62 yard punt return by Joslin nullified by a clipping penalty in the first period. Soon after that, the rain increased to such a point that the slippery footing made long runs virtually impossible...