Word: upset
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard's slow-starting hockey team turned in another slow-starting performance at the Arena last night, but when the rally finally came it was too weak and too late to stop a spirited Northeastern sextet from gaining a 5 to 4 upset...
...McCurdy, who kept Harvard in the game up to the last three seconds against Cornell with his 19 points, will probably see more action tonight than in previous contests. If Walt is as hot tonight as he was Saturday, the Block-house could conceivably be the site of an upset...
...face, the Tory victory presented a striking parallel to another Quebec upset. In November 1910, when a Liberal government had been in power for 14 years, the Drummond-Arthabaska constituency heralded the end of an era by giving the Tories a surprise victory. Next year, the Liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier was swept from office...
...points, worked in the bucket for most of the evening and scored or set up two-thirds of the Tigers' points in the first half. His passes and fakes made the Princeton plays work, and it was the second half before the Crimson started guarding effectively enough to upset the Tiger system...
Sugar. Underdog Oklahoma capitalized on "Choo Choo" Charlie Justice's upset stomach and nipped unbeaten North Carolina, 14-6. The Sugar Bowl basketball title went to St. Louis University, which outplayed Kentucky, 42-40, in the season's only scheduled meeting between last year's two best college teams...