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...East Lansing, Mich., underdog Maryland, 34-7, over Michigan State, which earlier last week had been ranked the No. 2 team in the U.S. (after Notre Dame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: End of an Era | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

...weeks before election, Gurney went to South Dakota. By then it was too late. Underdog Case won, 58,000 to 43,000. Commented Vermont's Senator George Aiken: "It made some of those who are up for re-election realize they had better go back home to do some politicking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH DAKOTA: Too Busy to Win | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

...tells how the Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman struggled to make good as the first Negro to play openly in big-league baseball. It might have been a powerful movie stating the case for the U.S. Negro in terms that combined authenticity, drama and the irresistible appeal of an underdog's courageous fight to ultimate triumph. Fumbling, overtactful treatment has reduced it to considerably less. But the emotional potential of the film's raw material is so high that no ineptitude by the producers can keep the sparks entirely off the screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 5, 1950 | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...HAVEN, May 20--Yale lacrosse coach Bill Harkness dressed 48 players for today's Harvard game. they watched an underdog Crimson ten match the nation's fourth best team for nearly three periods before leasing...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Lacrosse Team Edged, 12-9, By Highly Touted Bulldogs | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...Wildcats were mired further in their underdog position when first string midfielder Ted Stanley broke his jaw, and goalie Joel Stoneham sprained his ankle in the Springfield game...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Lacrosse Team Is Favored to Win At Durham Today | 5/17/1950 | See Source »

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