Word: offing
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So the previous loss to the Bruins in mid-December is properly avenged, and the Crimson still has a somewhat realistic chance of wresting the Ivy title away from Cornell.
But Brown, one understands, is not nearly in the Big Red's class, and although Harvard's performance last night showed marked improvement over these of three weeks ago, it will need quite a bit more to beat Cornell this weekend.
The presidents of the colleges in the Ivy League did a very good thing this week-they issued a statement saying that they support Yale in its decision to use basketball player Jack Langer despite the NCAA ruling that he is ineligible. The NCAA and ECAC have threatened to punish...
The NCAA decided to make Langer ineligible because he participated in last summer's Maccabiah Games, a Jewish version of the Olympics. Until this past year, the NCAA had sanctioned these events but in another power struggle with the AAU. had withdrawn its sanction. Yale and Langer were warned in...
The use of Langer in this Winter's games bes earned much publicity, most of it unfavorable for the NCAA. Officials of this organization probably never anticipated such developments, especially since a player as unsensational as Languor was involved. But as a result of their attempt to exert power, they...