Word: chestnut
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...field for this week's 95th Kentucky Derby may well be the smallest since nine thoroughbreds ran for the roses in 1963. Not that the 1969 crop of three-year-olds is unimpressive. It is just that the Derby promises to be a runaway race between two strapping chestnut colts-one an undefeated sprinter from the West, the other an erratic stretch runner out of the East...
...Chestnut Hill...
...aspiring team is, of course, Boston College, and Cousy, who was quite disappointed with B.C.'s basketball program early in the season, is moving on to greener pastures next year after six years in Chestnut Hill...
Friday night, Princeton's title contenders overwhelmed the Crimson, 76-65, behind Geoff Petrie, Tom Chestnut and Chris Thomforde. The next night, in a game marked by some unusual officiating, Pennsylvania's offense and potent guard combination of Steve Bilsky and Dave Wohl outlasted Harvard...
...halftime, Princeton led 43-26, and, while Harvard regained a degree of organization in the second half the Tigers were never in trouble again. Petrie, a strong, quick, 6-3 guard, finished with 23 points on shots from all over the floor. Chestnut took advantage of Harvard's sloppy rebounds to score 22 and Thomforde, the 6-8 center, added...