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...Yessir, yessir," Restic said quickly...
Just then Matthews and Restic reached Mt. Auburn Street. They waited for a break in the noon hour traffic, then hurried across and continued walking up Holyoke Street, heading for the Varsity Club...
There was still a question pending, but Restic had apparently forgotten about it, so Matthews, trying to make conversation, said, "We'll be playing a team that has only been behind once this year, by a field goal...
...really?" said Restic. He had not known that...
Usually, Dave Matthews has to hustle Boston sportswriters into covering Harvard athletics. (Who cares, after all, about some fencing match or a Radcliffe field hockey game?) That is when obscure nuggets of information like the one he gave Restic are useful: sports reporters are a lazy lot, Matthews knows, and if he can dig up some interesting bit of trivia for them about a Harvard team, they will use it. And that is what Dave Matthews is paid to do: help sportswriters and hype Harvard. He is very good...