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With Harvard back at full strength after killing an interference penalty, Princeton increased its lead to two goals at 12:39. Cook, impressive all evening, dug the puck out of scramble to the left of Bland and sent it to teammate Dave Hersey, whose backhand caught the twines. Bland saved further damage when he stopped Princeton rushes of three-on-one and two-on-none...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Sextet Trounces Princeton, 9-2 To Clinch Ivy Hockey Crown | 3/1/1961 | See Source »

Only 49 seconds later, Yale's David Crosby--not to be confused with Harvard's David Crosby--brought the Bulldogs up behind the Crimson 2-1, with a backhand from about 15 feet...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Crimson Sextet Routs Bulldogs, 6-2 | 2/27/1961 | See Source »

Inge Borkh is a tall (5 ft. 9 in.), handsome opera star with a crushing tennis backhand and a disconcerting habit of sitting about nude in her dressing room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Moanin' Becomes Elektra | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

Howell had to overcome a 2-0 lead in games to set the stage for his closing spres. He finally won the match with a low, dribbling backhand shot from the left side of the court, which bounced off the front wall, and across toward the right...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Varsity Squash Beats Williams, 6-3 In Hard-Fought Match at Hemenway | 2/23/1961 | See Source »

...Hogan stick-handled his way in from the blue line to a position about ten feet out and ten feet to Crimson goalie Bobby Bland's left. Although Hogan appeared to lose control of the puck several times on the way in, he regained it and fired a low backhand past Bland...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: B.C. Eagles Down Varsity Sextet, 4-2, In Beanpot Tourney Finals at Garden | 2/14/1961 | See Source »

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