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...press conference was assured success because of the one vital ingredient-the all-American hero. Joe Cavanagh started the mystique by announcing that he would bypass pro hockey next year for the long-range advantages of a B.C. Law School degree. Then came the you-wouldn't-believe-it story of a ninth-grader waiting for a basketball game, picking up a tennis racquet for the first time, catching the coach's eye, and playing for the state champion varsity the next spring. By the end of the interview, the reporter was asking coach Jack Barnaby if Joe couldn...
...Saturday Harvard won the Dartmonth Bowl, awarded to the winner of the New England dinghy elimination beat at Tufts. All-American Robbie Doyle devastated his opposition in Division "A", while in Division "B" Abbott Reeve and Charlie Koch-sharing the skipper duties-tied for low-point honors...
Crimson coach Bruce Munro was mumbling on the sideline about Levine's being All-American in high school, but by the time the first period had ended, Munro's team had a 7-0 lead. Six Harvard players had three points or more as the Crimson completely dominated play on the way to its fourth...
Hickcox's background is in big-time swimming, too, but his youth (23-years-old) distinguishes him from the other candidates. Hickcox, who is now an assistant at the University of Arizona, was an All-American in backstroke and the individual medley at powerful Indiana...
Sentiments such as this coming from anyone else would sound ridiculous. Yet Fitzsimmons. who just exudes confidence. has the record to back him up. A two-time All-Stater and All-American from Fairfield, Conn.. he was sought by every major college in the country when he graduated from high school. "My coach in high school handled all the mail and telephone calls," he said. "Letters used to come in stacks every...