Last Victory at Yale For House Champions Gained 7 Years Ago

If Eliot House successfully defends its title against Branford College this afternoon, the Elephants will break a seven-year-old tradition. Not since 1955--when Winthrop oked out a 13-7 victory over Calhoun on a final-seconds TD--has a House defeated a College on Eli

That some year, of course, six Colleges did their best to compensate for the irregularity by overcoming their Cambridge guests, five of their victories coming in shut-outs.

By contrast, in the House-College soccer championships a Yale team has not won a contest--in either New Haven or Cambridge--since Berkeley's 3-0 victory over Leverett seven years ago.

In the rivalry between the Crimson and the Yale Daily News, the latter has been, significantly enough, a .

That some year, of course, six Colleges did their best to compensate for the irregularity by overcoming their Cambridge guests, five of their victories coming in shut-outs.

By contrast, in the House-College soccer championships a Yale team has not won a contest--in either New Haven or Cambridge--since Berkeley's 3-0 victory over Leverett seven years ago.

In the rivalry between the Crimson and the Yale Daily News, the latter has been, significantly enough, a .