Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like the Transport Workers' Mike Quill in Manhattan, Joe Curran of the National Maritime Union, pledged continued loyalty to John Lewis. Packinghouse workers in Illinois, who had stood in sullen silence weeks ago while Villkie pleaded with them, heard Lewis, voted to go with him. Their action might upset the Chicago Democratic plurality, put Illinois safely in the Willkie camp. Many in the rank & file of the mineworkers in Illinois and Pennsylvania loyally got ready to follow their leader. As the voice of labor rolled back at him, John Lewis waited, and listened...
...Second biggest game of the week was Cornell v. Ohio State. Last year Cornell won an upset victory over mighty Ohio, Big Ten champions. Reason for the victory was Cornell's Halfback Walter Scholl, who ran 79 yards for one touchdown, passed 63 for another. Last week Ohio State went to Ithaca for revenge. Smothering Cornell passers, charging furiously through Cornell's line, Ohio bulled over for a touchdown in the first period, yielded one to Cornell in the second. Then Ohio fought Cornell to a standstill. At the end of the third period, Walter Scholl went into...
...Another garrison finish: at Baker Field, after Columbia and Syracuse had struggled scorelessly for more than 59 minutes, Syracuse's 145-pound Sophomore Leland Morris drop-kicked a field goal in the last 40 seconds, upset Columbia...
...Also upset were Fordham (by St. Mary's, playing its first season without Slip Madigan as coach); University of Texas (by Rice); Holy Cross (by Brown). Still undefeated and leaders in the running for the mythical championship at the season's halfway mark were Michigan, Northwestern, Minnesota, Cornell, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College...
This time Harvard hopes that Loren MacKinney will provide the spark to upset a favored Princeton eleven. He continued to occupy the blocking role while the team put in final practice licks for Saturday's game. Extra points and punting received a lot of attention yesterday, and the session was topped off with some concentrated work on the bags...