Word: balled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Over 4000 spectators watched two teams so evenly matched that 97 minutes, 37 seconds elapsed before a ball even entered a net. Ironically, it took a Crimson halfback. John Gordon, to knock in that ball after both offensive lines had failed to score...
...Hartwick Warciors dominated play during the first half-only by a small margin. however. Frequently, they were a step ahead of the Crimson booters and their passing was steadier. Harvard was excellent when the ball was on the ground. but the Warriors kept the ball in the air and their head passes were more accurate than those of the Crimson...
Another outstanding Hartwick freshman-who has an excellent chance of becoming an All-American by the end of his sophomore year-is goalie Frank Van Der Sommen. Whereas Meyers, hampered by an injured knee. let the ball come to him many of the times, Van Der Sommen continually moved out of the crease to catch high kicks and passes, cutting off possible scoring threats. "It may be a sacrilegious thing to say, but I think Hartwicks' goalie outplayed Meyers." one Crimson fan said after the game...
...each of the four sides, Williams solemnly reported that sides two and four consisted entirely of single tones, "presumably produced electronically." Their pitch, he noted, varied by microtones and "this oscillation produces an almost subliminal uneven 'beat' which maintains interest." Added Williams: "You could have a ball by improvising your very own raga, plainsong, or even Gaelic mouth music against the drone...
Harvard dented the scoreboard again, early in the third period. Phil Kydes brought the ball down and set up Pete Bogovich for a possible goal. Bogovich drilled the ball towards the net. But though the Bruin goalie stopped it, he failed to hold on to the ball, and Bell put it in for the third Crimson tally...