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Meanwhile the vaunted Harvard line was continually being pushed around, varsity passes were falling all over the Stadium turf, and bored spectators were shooting paper airplanes from the stands, as a hard-tackling Brown eleven drove to a 14 to 6 upset victory...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Brown Tops Crimson, 14-6, With Fine Passes, Tackling | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...Eden Crowell Woodward, a farmer's daughter and onetime model from Pittsburg (pop. 20,000), Kans. enthusiastically shared her husband's interest in the turf and society. Several years ago, after watching Bill Woodward shoot a tiger and a leopard in India, she decided to take up big-game hunting herself. Last winter, in the jungles of Assam, she bagged two tigers (including one tenfooter, an unofficial record for women) and two leopards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Shot in the Dark | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...angry varsity eleven, determined to play its top game of football, will run onto the Stadium turf this afternoon to face an upset-minded Bucknell squad. Starting time for what promises to be a close contest...

Author: By John E. Grady, | Title: Varsity Eleven to Meet Underrated Bucknell | 10/29/1955 | See Source »

...twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of House football--a game between the original opponents, Dunster and Lowell--has been postponed indefinitely. Scheduled for last Thursday, the game was put off until Friday because of "wet turf," but Friday's turf proved still too wet for the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wet Turf Delays Anniversary Tilt Between Dunster, Lowell | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Tough Texas A. & M. linemen drummed across the white-striped turf of the Los Angeles Coliseum. Tailback Doug Bradley received the kickoff and was promptly knocked loose from the ball; the Bruins were back on their heels on their own twenty. Next time he got his hands on the ball, Bradley lost 13 yards. It was time for Sanders to make his move. In a fatherly way, he took Ronnie Knox by the arm. The handsome, long-legged junior buckled on his helmet and trotted in to take over at tailback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Father & Son | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

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