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...preparation for this weekend's showdown at Yale, the Crimson mixed up its ordinary lineup in a last chance "to ease up the intensity" before Yale next weekend, and the Ivies the weekend after, said coach Vicki Hays...
Sure it's a familiar story. But it's pleasant one nonetheless. The Harvard men's squash team added another to its line of victories yesterday, subduing Williams' Purple Cows, 8-1, in the final tune-up before Saturday's showdown against Princeton...
...shake the ratters of ot Boston Garden--the Terriers--for so long the holders of the key to the trophy case, with 22 Beanpot finals (including 16 straight) and a record 11 'Pots to their credit--have been pushed to the undercard. The supposedly more attractive Boston College-Northeastern showdown will fill the featured slot and the headlines...
...course, the Princeton-Harvard showdown is the one they talk about. The two teams have maintained such sustained eminence in college squash that the rest of the collegiate squash world follows their duels like fans. Following his team's 9-0 shellacking, Army coach Paul Assaiante offered the evaluation that, "although Princeton's pretty tough on racket skills, Harvard's probably better." "In other words," Crimson number two Geordie Lemmon paraphrasea the Cadet mentor, "He's telling us, 'Don't get excited and choke...
Last Saturday a relay again proved to be the decisive edge in the Harvard-Springfield showdown, as the winning Springfield 880-yard relay missed its final baton connection in the opening track event and allowed the Harvard team to speed by to a 1:47.9 victory and gain the momentum that carried it to a 69-36 victory...