Word: uconn
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Doing about as well as expected, the Crimson upset Colby, but lost to the University of Connecticut and Amherst. Underdog Dartmouth, on a sensational last second basket by Dick Fairly, edged UConn, 66 to 65, to capture the tournament title. The Huskies, with a 90 plus scoring average, were pre-tournament favorites to recapture the crown...
...tournament teams finished in this order: Dartmouth, first; UConn, Brown, and Amherst, second; Harvard, Colby, and Middlebury, fifth; and Massachusetts, eighth...
Other participating teams are Amherst, Brown, Colby, University of Connecticut, Springfield, and Dartmouth. The varsity beat the Big Green here last season, but lost the return match. It toppled Brown here also, with a late surge. UConn always has a strong team; last season it was one of the best in the East...
Berk Johnson evened the score at 11:45 of the same period with a long shot from left wing, which scored into the net behind the UConn's goalie...
...Haven high school student, Robert Day, who offered the dog's services as a mascot. When this Dan died of old age in 1946, Day's parents bought Handsome Dan VI. He was introduced to the idolizing Yalies at the Uconn contest the next September. But the fast, blue-blood existence of an Eli, man or dog, was too much for him. He died of a heart attack last February while wintering in Florida...