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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Despite the knowledge that an already weak team will be without the services of its captain, Torbie Macdonald, and two other regulars, Moses Hallett and Joe Koufman, 600 undergraduates yesterday reechoed their faith in the Harvard Varsity at a mass rally in front of the Dillon Field House...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Enthusiastic Rally Cheers as Underdog Varsity Eleven Embarks for Princeton | 11/3/1939 | See Source »

What another generation of Britons wondered last week was why the defenses of Scapa Flow, notoriously weak at the beginning of World War I, could possibly have been left vulnerable to a submarine which slipped in and sank Royal Oak last fortnight. The London Times called it "grave matter for investigation by the Naval Court of Inquiry which is now sitting." The Daily Express snorted: "... a disgrace . . . inexcusable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Scapa & Forth | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...weeks ago against Williams. In that game the soccer team looked as though it were sure to develop into a far letter than average outfit, even though the Purple emerged from the tilt triumphant, 3 to 2, after an overtime period. But since then, in two games with the weak Tufts and M. I. T. squads, the Crimson has not come up to expectations, even in winning...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...forwards, minus their star and the team's captain, Howie Mendel, are a comparative weak point. Coach Carr has indulged in a great many shifts in their personnel since the beginning of the year, but the present setup is Mendeler Art Page at left outside, Prenny Willetts at left Inside, Murphy at center, Ernie Staber at right inside, and Gordon Halstead at right outside, with Art Neff as alternate...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...Tech outfit was weak as a team, although there were a few individual stars. Haden, Wu, and Johnny Ewing were outstanding for the Engineers...

Author: By J. C. Robbins jr., | Title: BOOTERS IMPROVE IN 2-0 SHUTOUT OF TECH | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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