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While the Harvard squad struggled. UVm swept to victory in the first winter carnival held in Burlington. The Vermont Cats have been trying to establish themselves as the skiing power of the East and this victory marks a key step in their rise...
...weekend race was the first major meet hosted by UVm in the Burlington area. The school held a carnival two years ago, but was forced to cancel last year because of lack of snow...
Matthews received his first money for writing sports when he was a high school junior: $10-15 a week for covering local games in the Burlington Daily News, a now-defunct William Loeb paper...
...dedicated scholar. He took grade school-like courses (majoring in history, with a minor in geography), and spent part of his time working as an assistant in the school's sports information office (and most of his time, in something of a conflict of interest, writing sports for the Burlington Free Press...
After a year in the Guard, Matthews returned to Burlington to become the University of Vermont's director of sports information. He held the job until August 1969, when Baaron Pittenger, then Harvard's "DSI," offered Matthews a job as his assistant. The job meant a raise of $1000 a year for Matthews. He quickly accepted...