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...Allen of Alabama voted no, as expected. The tally clerk droned on down the list. At one point, early on, there were six for passage, two against. A few names later the score was six to six-and then it began to slide. The name of Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, an aristocratic internationalist, was called. Crisply, he announced: "No." Now the count stood at twelve for, 18 against...
...friend of mine was a superjock at Yale, but in his senior year he quit the varsity ice-hockey team. He organized a hockey team where you had to have a beard to play. He challenged Rhode Island School of Design to a game, and the teams skated to the middle of the hockey rink carrying their jerseys. They made a big pile up there, then chose up sides. That was beautiful. These were friendly, cheerful people and they were doing amusing things. Their goal was to delight themselves, not to defeat each other...
...finished worse than second in the league. Brown can have consolation knowing that while last Saturday it may have been the fourth worst team on the doubleheader field, today it is only the second worst team in stadium. It's already proven it's the second best team in Rhode Island by losing its opening game. Maybe someday the home team will let the Brown band come and censor the football team from appearing. Bruin fans can always hope, but not today. Yale...
What happened to the Huskies against Bridgeport is very definitely going to work to Harvard's advantage. After an easy 36-22 opening victory over the Rhode Island 11 that whipped Brown last Saturday. Northeastern dropped a surprising 10-7 decision to a Bridgeport squad that wasn't supposed to cause any particular trouble. A triumph over the Purple Knights would have given Zabilski his 99th coaching victory at Northeastern, and provided his players with a keen emotional incentive against Harvard. The incentive isn't there...
...first weekly ratings show Brown's soccer team as the best New England squad. The Bruins edged Harvard out of first after wallopping Rhode Island, 5-3, last weekend...