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Harvard's academic reputation and a flexible, improving basketball program drew both players to Cambridge, though they were initially promised posh lodgings at a renovated Briggs Cage, not the fifth-floor high school gym at the IAB. In making his choice. Ferry--the more highly touted of the pair--benefited from the guidance of two fairly well-educated basketball men: his father, Bob Ferry Sr., general manager of the Washington Bullets, and Celtic guru Red Auerbach, a family friend...
...group spent a lot of time in The Gym "diddling," juggling the soccer ball with their feet, and competition between male family members as to who could do this longest was heated. Cat, as she has come to be known by one and all, jumped right in, determined to keep up with her male siblings. And if at first she wasn't very successful, it didn't seem to bother Cat much. If she juggled the ball five times and then screwed up, she was just that much more determined to not screw up the next time...
...short step from The Gym to organized soccer. Her junior year in high school, Cat went out for, and made, the varsity team at Princeton Day. That fall an article appeared in the high school paper, a small feature about the talented soccer family Ferrante: Giaff, Cam, Phillip...
...freshmen stars provide interesting insights into Ferrante and the old guard on a mental level as well as a physical level. No one can question Ferrante's competitiveness--remember diddling in The Gym--but it becomes a relative issue when viewed in the context of freshmen attitudes...
Much of the friendly atmosphere undoubtedly stems from the warm weather. Who would dare to frown at someone in gym shorts and a t-shirt carrying a frisbee or a tennis racket? But, beyond the sunny climates lies the omnipresent outlook, epitomized by the catch words "Southern Hospitality," which makes it easy to relax and feel right at home...