Word: player
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...serve as mere straight-men for the comic characters. But in Yeomen Phoebe, Fairfax, and Elsie all play three-dimensional, pivotal roles, especially in this production, because both comic principals are weak. Willis Emmons turns the razor-sharp, dominating role of Jack Point into a confusingly puckish, giggly supporting player. Some of the blame falls to director Paul R. O'Neill, who evidently has encouraged Emmons to read much of his dialogue in a jarring falsetto. In addition, Martha Weiner's Act One costume for Point bares too much resemblance to the costumes for the chorus of townspeople, diminishing Emmons...
...dangerous to talk about a starting five for Holy Cross, because Blaney uses numerous combinations of at least ten players, and no player has averaged more than 31 minutes per game so far this season...
Therefore, Holt continues, a team that has been successful with one method should, if they stick to that style of play, continue to be successful--regardless of player turnover...
Despite the loss of superstar Sarah Mleczko '80, the 1978-79 Crimson team shocked everyone with a legitimate run at the national title. But the season will also be remembered for the tragic death of number-two player Cynthia Stanton '82 in a plane crash, and for Moses' mysterious personal problems with the team...
...NOTEBOOK: Kris Kinney, Princeton's number one player, proved to be a Crimson nemesis in the invitational. She defeated Stimpson in the first round, and went on to beat Harrison in the consolation final, 15-13, 15-13, 15-7...Pine Manor's Jane Giamattei won the tournament, defeating Nina Porter of Trinity in the finals...Barnaby attended the Princeton Invitational to scout the opposition...Pris Pool, the Crimson's new assistant coach, accompanied the team to Middletown...The Crimson face Brown at Hemenway on Tuesday. This traditional rivalry is intensified by the fact that Paul Moses, former Harvard coach...