Word: wien
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Columbia President Michaell Sovern called it "the beginning of a new era in the athletic fortunes of Columbia." If so, Saturday's dedication of the Lawrence A. Wien Stadium at Baker Field got off to a slow start--Harvard won the football game, 35-21. But for most of the capacity crowd of 10,500, the football game was secondary. It was a new stadium, a new season and a beautiful day. (Clockwise from top left) Sporting his blue and yellow striped football lie. New York Mayor EDWARD I. KOCK congratulated Wien and Columbia on the stadium's $7 million...
...looked like a real football game, a contest that would signal the coming of fall. It was even televised, and the truck with the WGBH camera on it went lumbering along the sidelines throughout. The brand-new Lawrence A. Wien Stadium at Baker Field, all white and Columbia blue, almost sparkled in the sunshine. The assembled fans did their best to appear unimpressed, but the return of football to Manhattan after a 17-month absence put a note of hope into...
Whether the Lawrence A. Wien Stadium at Baker Field will give the Lions a much-needed psychological edge or even a home field adavantage is unclear...