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Swedes had never seen the like of Nycop's Expressen. Circulation climbed as Nycop championed the underdog (e.g., juvenile delinquents), riled Sweden's neutralist government by urging membership in NATO, gibed at the institution of monarchy. "The monarchy," says Nycop, "is undemocratic. I'm all for King Gustaf. He's a remarkably good executive. But the next one could be an idiot...
While Kiphuth is undoubtedly better known than his arch-rival from Cambridge, due to the former's unbridled success as a producer of winning teams. Ulen's record as a coach known for getting the most out of available talent is equally impressive. Witness recent Yale meets where heavily underdog Crimson teams, though losing, have displayed some exceptional individual performances. In 1957, Crimson captain Chouteau Dyer took two upset wins in the sprints, setting new pool and college records. Last year at New Haven, the Crimson got nine points above expectations in a surprisingly good team performance. In addition, Ulen...
...sudden Dartmouth success-aided in no small measure by a trip to Minnesota over Christmas--may stimulate the varsity to a top performance tonight in its most important game of the year. As field-Marshal Montgomery said of an underdog, but victorious Dartmouth rugby team in England, "Makes us sit up, you know, keeps us from getting too complacent...
Dartmouth, then, outplayed, outrebounded (45 to 36), and outshot (47 per cent to 34 per cent) the underdog varsity. But an encouraging note was struck in the preliminary contest when the Yard-lings swamped the Dartmouth freshmen...
Defeated by strong opponents in its last two outings, the varsity wrestling team will seek its first victory of the season tonight at M.I.T. against an underdog Engineer squad...