Word: three-and-a-half
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Displaying unshakable confidence, Crone recovered from early miscues and played the final three-and-a-half quarters as if he owned stock in the Harvard football team...
...cards were on the table so to speak, and with the pregame psychology, there was no need for any pep talks. I was particularly "up" because of the boast of the Harvard defense it was going to make a loser out of me for the first time. After three-and-a-half quarters of play, I think everyone realized Yale had the stronger team. However, it is the mark of a great team that will not quit. Not much had been going right for Harvard until the final two minutes when the momentum changed and they began to come alive...
...When questioned about his reputed toughness. Spengler explains it as an outgrowth of his extreme competitiveness. He was the middle of five boys in his family, and his brother three-and-a-half years older than he matched him against older boys in a variety of sports...
...three-and-a-half quarters, the Leverett team was clearly superior. The Bunnies scored the second time they had the ball, but failed to score after that even though they had several chances. Kirkland came alive in the last few minutes, and with the help of a couple of dubious pass interference calls by the referees, managed to go all the way for a score. So like many of the great football battles of the last half century-Notre Dame VS. Michingan State in '66, Harvard VS. Yale in '68, etc.-it ended...
...most surprising fact to surface during the three-and-a-half hour session was that there has been practically no contact between the city and Harvard during the last decade of the planning...