Word: bench
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hapless Beavers lost seven of nine bouts. Their fans stopped cheering wildly and began thinking about next year. Cetrulo's opponent received some coaching from his teammates before the bout, but it was to no avail. He faced Cetrulo, and a few seconds later was seen on the bench trying to figure out how he had lost, 5-0. Tolbert and Scott Beckett both won by two touches...
...Mellor was sent off for tripping DeMichele on a breakaway. Harvard had a man advantage, which soon became doubled when Durno was pulled in favor of a sixth skater with a minute remaining. But the Crimson substitute jumped onto the ice before Durno had fully entered the bench, and the ensuing penally nullified the Harvard advantage...
There was a common weariness in the faces of travelling people. Someone was always sleeping on one of the train station benches but no one dared to wake him: no train could be more important than a few hours' sleep if you were tired enough to fall asleep on a hard wooden bench in a cold waiting room. Travelling the slow ways taught one that time was inconsequential. Getting there would take a long time, so you found value in what happened...
...noticeable just from the tightlipped expressions upon the faces of the Crimson skaters as they came off the Ice, and in the way in which they slapped their sticks against the dasher as they entered the bench after a turn, that something was happening over which they had no control...
When the Harvard basketball team played St. John's in New York last week a large number of fraternity brothers sat behind the bench and razzed the Crimson players about their hair, sidehurns and moustaches...