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...next shocker and the meet clincher came in the 200-yard breaststroke. Harvard's sophomore star Bill Chadsey ranked a clear favorite to beat Yale's Jerry Yurow, but the Harvard backup men were, as usual, inadequate. Harvard had to sweep the event. The score stood at Harvard 40 Yale 39 going into the breaststroke with only the freestyle relay to go. The relay was Yale's as the exhausted Crimson freestylers could do no more. Only eight points--a first and a second in the breaststroke--could have the meet...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: The History Of Harvard Sports | 3/25/1968 | See Source »

Throughout the afternoon the Army strength lay in its reserves. Harvard took seven of the eleven first places in the individual events but the Crimson backup men were weak. Army took seven of the eleven seconds and eight thirds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cadets Sink Swim Team | 12/11/1967 | See Source »

Senior Bob Higgins, a JV veteran, has earned the backup goalie position behind Diercks...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Skaters Debut Against St. Nick's Tonight | 11/29/1967 | See Source »

...barrage of pop bottles, clubs and tomatoes failed to budge the outer ring of marshals, and military police were summoned from the bowels of the bastion to form a brace of backup rings. A final desperate charge actually breached the security lines, and carried a handful of demonstrators whirling into the rifle butts and truncheons of the rearmost guards at the Pentagon gate. At least ten invaders managed to penetrate the building before they were hurled out-ahead of a counterattacking wave of soldiers vigorously wielding their weapons from port-arms. Handcuffs clicked as marshals corralled their captives, left behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protest: The Banners of Dissent | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...raises is more a lack of depth than a lack of talent. To fill the right safety slot Yovicsin has the very capable Tom Wynne, whose three interceptions in the Boston University contest tied a Harvard record. But Wynne's elevation to the starting lineup means that the usual backup strength in the defensive back field won't be there Saturday...

Author: By Andrew Jamison, | Title: Tyson Sidelined By Knee Injury; Wynne, Reed, Ananis Will Start | 10/26/1967 | See Source »

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