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...another test was Trevino's performance last month in the 1971 U.S. Open at the Merion Golf Club on Philadelphia's Main Line. Three strokes off the pace in the first round, Trevino then rallied to tie Jack Nicklaus after 72 holes. At the start of their 18-hole playoff, Trevino playfully tossed a rubber snake at his startled opponent. Then ?smacking gum and wisecracking with the crowd?he jauntily outshot the Golden Bear by three strokes to win the Open for the second time. As Supermex put it when he accepted the trophy: "I think it was Walter...
...with a victory over weak Columbia and a split with fast-fading Princeton. Somehow, the roof caved in that weekend, and not only did Harvard lose all three games, it lost badly. With its confidence badly shaken, Harvard (9-5) and Cornell (7-4) agreed to a single-game playoff for the League title. The match was as professional match-up as Soldiers' Field has hosted in years...
With the bases loaded and none out in the District I playoff, Kelly confused the batters with a change of pace rather than a fastball and struck out the side...
This season, DeMichele relinquished the batting title to teammate Varney but still ranked as one of the biggest batting threats in the League. Kelly was no less effective on the mound, and pitched a pair of two-hitters against EIBL runner-up Cornell-one in the playoff game which decided the League's representative to the College World Series...
Pittenger's logic will have to be that the best teams should be selected for a national playoff regardless of league origin. But carrying his argument to its natural conclusion, Pittenger will find he is also arguing that geographic playoffs and invitations should be eliminated...