Word: stadiumitis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Purchases can be made at the Athletic Association's ticket office in the basement of the Union, where Lunden has a supply on hand. He said yesterday that the stadium at Charlottesville has a relatively small seating capacity, and that it will be sold out in all probability since this will be Virginia's homecoming game...
...Crimson eleven's 19 to 14 victory over an inspired Boston University team at Harvard Stadium last Saturday, Varsity mentor Dick Harlow can thank one factor only-the individual defensive brilliance of his linemen. With a squad rated among the powers of the East offensively but weak defensively, pre-game predictions by both coaches and sports writers had it that Harvard would need at least four touchdowns to emerge victorious. In other words, the Terriers were predicted to cross the Crimson's goal three times...
Unlike the affair at the Stadium, the issue was never in doubt in Medford Saturday when the Varsity soccer team steamrollered to its first victory of the season by the score of 7 to 0 against a hapless squad from Tufts. Counting goals in every period, the Crimson kept almost continuous control of the ball in successfully opening its 1947 season...
Terrier strategists landed curvaceous drum majorette Priscilla "Cookie" Cook from a helicopter which descended upon the newly sodded spot where the recently burned initials of B.U. were barely visible. "Cookie's" high stopping and wide swinging almost scorched the stadium floor anew...
Terrier raiders were undoubtedly nervous or tired in the small hours of the morning as they industriously etched the initials of their alma mater on the Stadium turf. Their lack of artistry is condemned by no less an authority than William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics...