Word: tossing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this hazing comes in a "greased-pole fight," when freshmen battle sophomores for a little white flag perched on a tall greasy pole. The sophomores have lost the trophy only twice in the V. C.'s history. But regardless of outcome, the freshmen have legally earned the right to toss off their beanies...
...last score came on a toss to Frank White at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Crimson converted after all six of its scores, with Joe Ross booting four, Lowenstein one, and Bill Frate...
Auto manufacturers, Harper insists, could easily reduce the killing effect of accidents. One simple improvement would be to attach the seats so firmly that they cannot come loose and toss the passenger into the windshield. Another would be to pad the dashboard properly and remove its projecting knobs, which Harper calls "fangs of death." Even at very slow speeds a person can die of a punctured skull if his head hits a fang of death...
With three starters in doubtful condition, the varsity soccer team takes on Wesleyan in a toss-up contest at Middletown this afternoon...
...veteran Columbia line will be able to stop the Crimson backfield, and they feel the Dick Carr-Dale Hopp passing combination--perhaps the best in the Ivy group--will overwhelm the Crimson secondary. But the New York betting is not confident, and several papers have rated the game a toss...