Ivy Colleges (1934)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:

> " W. Lax Overcomes Early Deficit for Win" _Harvard Crimson_  March 23,
> 1920
>
> "Harvard will now travel to Providence on Saturday to take on Brown for
> the Crimson's first Ivy League contest.  "We are looking at each game
>
> [Note:  this turns up on the Harvard Crimson archives -- but it looks
> hinky to me.]

Yes, Barry has brought this up before.  It's clearly misdated.

Fred Shapiro


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