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Under the best of circumstances, if they can capture the lone Farm-Laborite and hold the "radicals" in line, the Republicans will be able to do no more than tie them opponents and to pass any legislation they must count upon the Vice-President, who as a possible Presidential candidate will be reluctant to commit himself on any important issue...
...sided scores tell the story of the games immediately before and after the war. In 1923 Yale finally broke the spell with a 13 to 0 victory, scoring the only touchdown which the Bulldog has pushed across in the Stadium since 1907. Two victories and a tie since that lone touchdown indicate that the Blue may be on the eve of a football resurrection to avenge her dearth of victories for 19 years...
...know what traditions mean at New Haven, and I don't believe the no-touch-down-in-the-stadium tradition will be lightly tossed aside. I understand that "Ducky" Pond sat lone on at Yale Fence completely ostracized, after he forgot he was in the Stadium and ran 60 yards with a recovered fumble for Yale's only Stadium touchdown since Joe Forecast first pair of rompers. And with that lesson in mind two years later, the Yale backs argued and argued as to who would make the supreme sacrifice but on would do it. And who has ever questioned...
Harvard won the opening contest in 1875 by four field goals and four touchdowns to nothing. The following year the University scored three touchdowns, but all failed of goal, and under the scoring system then in force, the lone field goal registered by the Elis outweighed the Crimson count...
Most people associate the battle of Bosworth Field with Richard III's offer to barter his kingdom for a lone horse. As a matter of fact, he lest his kingdom anyway, and Henry Richmond, who picked up the crown from a thorn bush and became Henry VII of England was the man who started Britain on the road to the glory and success of the Elizabethan...