Word: berthe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This year, the credentials going to Omaha aren't quite as impressive as last season's, when the team breezed through its schedule. The 1974 squad had to struggle from a mediocre start and a mid-season hitting slump to take the Eastern League title to earn a berth in the NCAA district tourney and the District I crown to earn a spot in the Series...
Charlie Kittredge, the senior co-captain of the Crimson squad, was given a berth on the second-team defense by the coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players. Even hapless Dartmouth, which finished below Harvard in the standings with a 1-5 record, had three named to the honorable mention list. Yale, mired in the basement with no wins against six losses, had a man on the second team and two named honorable mentions...
Kittredge made the all-Ivy first team last year along with teammate John Haggerty. Kittredge also nabbed a first team berth in 1971 before taking a year off. The senior captain was invited to play in the North-South All-Star game June...
Harvard earned a berth in the tournament with a dramatic seven-game Eastern League winning streak that gave the diamondmen the EIBL crown and a resulting bid to the district playoffs...
There can be no argument with the Tribune's right to its conclusions--but there is wide berth to contest the Tribune's reasoning in arriving at these conclusions...