Word: winning
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Crimson captain Gerry Emmet, after narrowly losing his first game in extra points, came back dramatically to win his match in four games. Emmet's combination of delicate drop shots and slashing aisle shots allowed him to retain control of the center of the court, while the Midshipman was obliged to scamper around...
...number two position, Tim Gallwey was able to win only one game in losing to Navy's Ed Lowry. Frequently hurrying his shots and dropping many into the tin, Gallwey lacked his usual accuracy and was often put off balance by Lowry's powerful serve...
Dick Steinzing opened the meet with an 11-7 win in the 123-pound division. George Doub, an outstanding member of last year's freshman squad, held his opponent scoreless in the 130-pound slot for a 5-0 victory. In the same class, Sophomore Bill Smith won 10-0. The Williams squad picked up its three points when Tom Owsley, a sophomore, lost 7-2 to a scrappy 147-pound Ephmen. This weight is usually wrestled by captain John Watkins, who is suffering from an ankle injury. Another Crimson sophomore, Lee Freeman, won a 9-3 decision...
Saturday's win was no test of Crimson prowess, however. With the exceptions of Stanley and Robbins, the meet only demonstrated that Harvard was better trained than the inexperienced Williams squad...
...both professionals and amateurs, told a "background" session of reporters that he now regards the contest for the G.O.P. presidential nomination as a campaign of the "pros against the people." In other words, he must beguile the Republican-in-the-street-and the independent voter -in order to win over the professional Republicans, now massively lined up behind Vice President Richard Nixon. Although Rockefeller is still officially undecided whether to run, the word in Washington is that he is already too deeply committed to his new staffers and political supporters to back away from a fight...