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...Green enters the 2 p.m. showdown for the Ivy title a slight underdog. But if you're a betting man, hold on to your money. This is the same Dartmouth squad that has entered almost every game it's played this year as an underdog. And it's the same Dartmouth squad that's surprised the hell out of almost every opponent...
...year later, the Cinderella squad brings a very respectable 4-1 league record into today's winner-take-all showdown, just as Harvard does. But unlike the Crimson (currently 9-3-1 overall), Dartmouth (8-3 overall) will be looking for its first-ever Ivy title. The Crimson won the championship two years ago and shared it with Penn last year. But Harper--whose squad, many had thought, would be the Ivy pushover again this year--couldn't be happier with her squad's underdog status...
...which should make for a pretty sharp showdown today, considering the Crimson squad is riding a five-game winning streak and playing some of its best lacrosse in recent history. And the laxwomen, who, like Dartmouth, dropped their only Ivy game to Princeton, have virtually recovered from the rash of injuries which sidelined almost half the team earlier this year. Only Lili Pew, who is recovering from torn ligaments in her right knee, will miss the game for the Crimson...
Today the batmen resume league play when GBL rival MIT crosses town for a 4 p.m. showdown at Soldiers Field Harvard owns a 6-0 GBL record, while MIT sports a 1-4 mark. The Crimson downed the Engineers, 5-3, when the two teams met April...
Neither side wants to risk a violent showdown that might jeopardize the Pope's visit. But that has not prevented a series of prudent skirmishes. The Communist leadership hopes the trip will demonstrate to the world that life in Poland has returned to normal. As if to emphasize that fact, Walesa received permission to resume the job of electrician, which he once held in the Gdansk shipyard. Still, the government during the week arrested some 30 Solidarity supporters suspected of planning unofficial protest demonstrations for the May 1 workers' holiday. At his press conference, Walesa protested that...