Word: underdogs
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...kinds of people who are still rambling around the Yard journeyed down to New Haven that rainy afternoon, to see an underdog Eli team snatch a 7 to 3 win from the Crimson, a game in which Don Richards, later to be killed in action in the Normandy campaign, ran back a punt 60 yards for an apparent touchdown, only to have the play called back because the Crimson was offside...
...Years Between the Wars, of the World as it Used to Be. Before the war engulfed them both, the two schools played one more, as anti-climactic as the other had been a climax, the last gasp of a world that was already dying. Taht year an underdog Crimson eleven saw an upset victory over Yale slip from its fingers in the cold drizzling rain and gathering drakness of the Yale Bowl. That contest was four years and a whole world away from the game this afternoon...
...called "psychological" factors are all in favor of the Bruins and they relish the underdog role imposed upon them usually. Even with the drubbing received last week at the hands of Jackson and the Elis, hopes and morale are still high in the Bruin camp and the Englemen are pointing for an upset...
...Throngs funneling through the stadium ramps were so dense that the gate control collapsed. Some people waved tickets. Others just waded in, until 100,000 jammed the stadium, which seats 75,000. They ignored the steady drizzle which iced the rails and benches. When the local boys, the underdog Spartaks, came from behind to win, 3-to-2, in an overtime period, the crowd went wild...
Boasting a number of experienced ball-players and a brick-wall defense, the Leverett Bunnies are confident of confounding any odds-makers who have them as the underdog because of their ragged offensive. They showed power against Kirkland last week in a scrimmage and may well emulate their champion predecessors...