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Harvard's own Harry Parker is seeded eighth in the elite singles, and former lightweight coach John Higginson ranks third in the midweights. Super sculler-Greg Stone, the defending champ in the elites, will miss this year's Head in favor of the World Championships in New Zealand, but sister Jenny will carry on the family name in the women's singles...
Defending Ivy champ Cornell comes to town Saturday morning, giving the one-and-five squad a chance to show that the turnaround is for real...
Central: The Rockets may have helped themselves to the division title with the acquisition of Barry, the return of Rudy Tomjanovich, and the added playing time for guard Mike Newlin. The Spurs have awesome fans and a starting lineup to match, led by scoring champ George Gervin, but a weak bench could kill them in the stretch. Coach Bill Fitch has his Cavaliers looking steadier than ever, and that means playoffs and not much more. As for the Atlanta Hawks, a backcourt of Charlie Criss (5'7") and all American Butch Lee looks like fun, but who said this game...
...exulted in a victory that was as multidimensional as himself: over Leon Spinks, over encroaching age, over his need to leave an enduring mark on his sport-three times a champion in 14 years. The new champ laughed with reporters in postfight interviews: "What do you think of this old man?" he asked. Quite an old man indeed...
Unfortunately for the sloshed Harvard fans, coach Joe Restic's usually fine squad has taken a nosedive since the members of the class of '79 first walked through Johnston Gate. After soloing as Ivy champ in the fall of 1975, the Crimson slipped to a tie for third in '76, before suffering its first losing campaign (4-5) in Restic's eight-year tenure last fall...