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...Machine" was ted little time in getting untracked, as fullback Marty Foye hit pay dirt midway through the first quarter. Doug Baumgarten, Gary Gillis, and Barry Cronin all added scores in the second half as an inspired K-House had its final tune-up for the match against Yale's intramural champions...
Cinderella Industry. Instead of leading the wobbly W.F.L. to prosperity, though, Larry Csonka had watched the starveling league die midway through its second season. Along with more than 350 other players, he had become a victim of the '70s retrenchment in sport. After a roaring decade of unprecedented growth, professional sport in some ways looks like a Cinderella industry heading toward midnight. Of the 23 teams in the American Basketball Association and World Hockey Association, only one is in the black. "There's no question about it," says Attorney Bob Woolf, who has negotiated hundreds of contracts...
Perhaps inspired by the practicing Harvard band's rendition of the William Tell overture, Radcliffe briefly turned the tide midway through the half. Senior Maude Wood's shot on the door-step was kicked out by goalie Harnish, but the rebound was fanned on by the Crimson, and eventually cleared by the Princeton defense...
Kiggen was unable to complete the race. Midway through the run, he tripped and sprained an ankle. "It was an unfortunate break for us," McCurday lamented afterwards. "Jamie was running a stron race for us, third or fourth in our pack. He might have finished in good time...
Lynch (substitute Davenport, Halas, or O'Brien if you wish) starts shakily, but the fans sense a growing confidence. Midway through the game things are tight, with Harvard trailing by less than a touchdown. You know what happens next...