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...contest in which they were rarely tested, the Harvard water polo team rolled on to win the 1973 New England Round-Robin Tournament. The Crimson club sport team trounced all their varsity league opponents with relative ease last weekend in Brown's new Olympic-size pool...
Under the tournament rules, the first three players for each team play off against each other in a round-robin type competition. These bouts make up the first division. The fourth, fifth and sixth men for each team make up the second division and play off in a similar competition...
...more than two weeks the click and plop of expertly cued balls echoed off the ceiling. Squinting, stretching, chalking, the players met each other twice in round-robin competition for the $5,000 first prize. Each game was standard "14.1 ball": 15 colored target balls are set on the table and the players take turns using a white cue ball to knock them into any pockets they choose. Each contestant can continue shooting as long as he keeps pocketing the target balls, which are replenished when only one of them remains. Each time a player fails to pocket a ball...
With the 'Cliffe now leading the league by one half game, the teams move into the championship round-robin. Accordingly, the top six teams play each other; this, along with the regular season tally, will determine the championship...
Players are chosen by their respective districts through a series of local eliminations consisting of round-robin matches...