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Over 40 universities will compete in the three-day competition, and Crimson coach Edo Marion said yesterday that he would like to see Harvard finish in the top eight. Last year, despite an All-American performance in epee by Geza Tatrallyay, the Crimson came in a disappointing 11th...
...individual level, Marion said that Harvard's main goal will be "to have one or two of our fencers make All-American." In the individual competition the top six fencers in each weapon are named national all stars. The top three win first team All-American honors, the second three make up the second team...
Named to the NCAA All-American Alpine Skiing first team were Chris Brown and Bobby Cochran of Vermont, Peik Cristensen of Denver, Greg Jones of Colorado and Tom McGhie of Utah. Eastern skiers who made honorable mention were Dave Dodge of Vermont and Brian Vorse of St. Lawrence. In the Nordic, Peter Kongsli of Vermont was the only Eastern first team All-American...
...gained a non-regional reputation. As one South Carolinan representative noted in seconding O'Neill's nomination last month: "He'll be a great leader; he knows every one of the members and has no prejudices. He knows no South, no East, no West, no North--he's All-American...
...story behind this "All-American" is deceptively simple, much like his style. The son of an Irish bricklayer, O'Neill entered politics at age 16 campaigning for Al Smith's presidential drive. At 21 he lost the race for Cambridge City Council by 150 votes. The year he graduated from Boston College, 1936, he was elected to the Massachusetts legislature where, in 1947, he became Democratic minority leader. During those years, O'Neill cultivated his talent for leadership. Once independent Democrats gravitated toward him. He was fiercely partisan and, in 1948, led his fellow Democrats to their first majority...