Word: clutching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...once endlessly old and miraculously preserved, as if they were waiting for a revelation. Death of a Gunfighter is not it. In a town settling into the 20th century, stallions mix with horseless carriages and Mazda bulbs compete with gaslight. The contrast of periods is minor compared with the clutch of anachronisms offered by the script. Among them: police brutality, strained race relations, the lowly role of the Jew in society, adolescent sex, and finally the message, delivered by the county sheriff: "Frank Patch is your conscience, and you're afraid...
This spring's lacrosse team was not one of your basic clutch ballclubs. In the Ivy League this season, probably only Princeton had as much talent as they Crimson, and yet Harvard ended up with an anemic 2-4 record, worse than last year. The Tigers turned out not to be too strong under pressure, either, dropping their last three league games. If Cornell beats Dartmouth Wednesday as it should, then nearly half the league (three of seven teams) will be in first place. Harvard is a solid sixth...
...Washauer, undefeated since the Southern trip and one of the squad's best clutch players, took the second set, 6-1, then rallied to break McPartland's service in the third and went on to win, 6-2, virtually assuring the Crimson of victory...
...Indian's star-reliever, Jim Bell, ran into control problems as he walked four and yielded three hits in the bottom half of the inning. Dartmouth hurt its own cause with a wild pitch and a pass ball on an intentional walk, and Turco and Dorwart then delivered clutch singles...
...Indians have succeeded mainly because of the combined efforts of Chuck Seelbach and Jim Bell. Seelbach has two victories and leads the pitching staff with a 1.55 ERA. Sophomore Bell picked up two wins in relief against Brown and Princeton and preserved another victory with a clutch performance against Penn...