Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good game, it has meant a close defeat like the two thrillers with the Dartmouth Indians. The result of all of this has been that the Loefflermen have been pushed deep into the E. I. L. cellar with a record of one win against nine losses. A sweep of the two game Harvard series for the Elis would give them a mythical Big Three championship...
Pennsylvania won in rapid succession the first three matches of the meet and looked as if they would upset the Crimson who were heavily favored, but from the 145 pound class on the Harvard team made a clean sweep. Art Page took his man at 145 with a decision, and so did Pete Illman...
Like U. S. figure skaters, U. S. speed skaters do not show up well in European competition. At the 1936 Olympics, Norway made a clean sweep of the four speed-skating events. American skaters attribute this to lack of experience in the European (and Olympic) method of racing. In U. S., skaters race in a pack; the first man over the line wins. In Europe, there is no jockeying for position, no jamming at the turns. Skaters race individually; the man who covers the distance in the fastest time wins...
With a rearranged lineup, the wrestling team will swing into action against the Brown grapplers tomorrow at Providence to try to chalk up their second win of the year. In the past two matches, the team has defeated Tufts with a complete sweep, and has lost by one point to a more experienced Princeton team...
Coach Jaakko Mikkola sent a trio of shot-putters to the 23rd annual Y. M. C. A. handicap meet and they scored a sweep in the event. Bud Towksbury and Art Mason received 8 foot 5 inch handicaps and finished first and second with heaves of 50 foot 7 inches and 49 foot, while Howie Mendel placed third with a 48 foot 81/2 inch toss including his 2 foot 1 inch handicap...