Word: squad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three of the squad's victories--over B.U. and Providence, over UMass., and over Princeton--were singularly unimpressive. The Crimson defeated the Friars in its opening meet, 26 to 38, mainly because Providence lacked depth. B.U., with 74 points, was never in the battle, fielding only one top-level performer, Art Freeman...
Ironically, one of the team's really fine efforts of the year came in defeat. In wet, miserable weather at Hanover, the Crimsan staged a rally that almost caught the favored Dartmouth squad. Fitzgerald, running on a severely injured leg, took second behind the Big Green's Tom Laris. However, this performance finished him for the season with an inflamed Achilles tendon...
Fitzgerald will lead the returnees in 1960. Before his injury, he had become the balance wheel of the squad, and he will be a fine captain next fall. Mark Mullin, who became something of a leader in Fitzgerald's absence, and freshman Ed Hamlin, the only bright light in a dismal Yardling season, will complete next year's big three...
Undefeated in three years, the Dunster House tackle football squad led the House intramural league with seven wins, no losses, and one tie. Quarterback Jim Crampton hustled his team to a 14-12 victory over Eliot in a crucial playoff contest to clinch the crown...
...opposition, the schools of the rugged Big Ten are cursed by having to play one another Saturday after Saturday. The resulting won-lost marks are often unimposing, but by mid-November the fires of Big Ten competition annually forge a flock of tough, tenacious teams that can meet any squad in the land on even terms. Last week thrice-beaten Michigan State overturned Northwestern, 15-10, and thrice-beaten Illinois did the same to Wisconsin, 9-6, to throw the Big Ten race into a three-way tie, prove again that the league plays the best-balanced, and on average...