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Harvard finally scored on another face-off, with Dilorati notching his second, but it was too late. B.C. iced the victory with 50 seconds remaining, catching Crimson goalie Ralph Earle halfway to the bench...
...means a gut. Sure, the Crimson thrice held three-goal advantages, and sure, the final score of Harvard 7, Boston College 4 sounds relatively guttish, but at 13:35 of the third period, when the Eagles had narrowed the margin to 5-4, no one on the Harvard bench was assured...
...care of their own, life in the minor leagues can be lackluster. The big stadium is there--the hint of what could come in a wild dream--but the stands are usually near-empty; loudspeakers play "Knock Three Times" between innings and the "bullpen" is likely to be a bench near the left field line. The Eastern League has a grueling schedule, too: 40 games in 144 days, April 10 to September 1, no days off. Once in a great while a local reporter will approach Brayton, and produce a "Patrician Who Can Pitch!" story with the Harvard angle...
After the Harvard Classics gutslamming 74-73 victory over the Deer Island Correctional Institute last night, Pete Durgerian, starting forward for the Classics, sat on the bench blissfully piping a tune on his harmonica...
Although the Eagles have sorely missed the playmaking ability of backcourt ace Mel Weldon, lost to graduation, Northeastern coach Jim Calhoun attributed B.C.'s sluggish output so far to constant fluctuations in the starting lineup. Constant substitutions from B.C.'s talentstacked bench result in "just playing to get playing time in," said Calhoun...