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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When it was over, Yale had won four of those playoff matches, Harvard just one. The Elis took their 11th consecutive Harvard-Yale game...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Yale Golfers Win on Breaks, 5-2 | 5/9/1968 | See Source »

...wildest dreams--would ever have expected a finish in the Yale-Harvard golf match that could top last year's, when the Crimson's number seven man missed a two-foot put on the second hole of a playoff to give the Elis a 4-3 victory...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Yale Golfers Win on Breaks, 5-2 | 5/9/1968 | See Source »

...Crimson has not beaten Yale since 1957, and that victory was the first in more than 20 years. Last year, Harvard lost a horrible, heartbreaking match, 4-3, when the team's number seven man missed a two-foot putt on the second hole of a sudden death playoff...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Golfers Meet Elis at Yale | 5/8/1968 | See Source »

...that a person could lose a golf tournament on the mere fact that he didn't relate his score correctly on a little piece of paper. Is there any doubt that Roberto de Vicenzo had the same score as Bob Goalby or that his play merited a playoff round to determine the just winner? This gross injustice is a mockery of sportsmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 3, 1968 | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

...performance is no less a tribute to medical science. Despite 1) a broken hand, 2) a broken nose, 3) another broken nose, and 4) a pulled groin muscle he averaged 26.3 points a game during the regular season, then sank a phenomenal 61% of his floor shots in the playoff games against San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Battle of the Miracle Workers | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

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