Word: clays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trying to reach freespending 18-to 34-year-olds, the New York Times (imagine this, Adolph Ochs!) ballyhoos Us, an imitation of People, as "journalism a new way-their way; lots of pictures, lots of fun, quick and easy for this brought-up-on-TV generation." Clay Felker, whose innovative but now languishing New York magazine produced so many imitators, is trying to rehabilitate Esquire. Where once, in the words of a previous editor, Esquire sought to be "smartass," it now respectfully pursues "The American Man and the New Success." Perhaps he's the same young moneymaking male...
...unbelievable match," ecstatic coach Dave Fish said afterwards, and you can underscore unbelievable. You see, the Lions (now 4-2 in league play) are virtually unbeatable on their home surface, clay, while Harvard (2-0) favors very fast surfaces. And then there were the matches, classic cardiac-arrest affairs...
Andy Chaikovsky (number four) and Greg Kirsch (at six) took it easy on the crowd by winning their 'azor-thin matches in just two sets each, with Chai zapping Jeff Papell 6-and-4 and Kirsch--a rare Harvard clay-court specialist--taking Andy Caufield in successive tiebreakers...
After the match, Fish--who celebrated a birthday yesterday--revealed that he had rented several hours of time on some clay courts in Boston earlier this week to prepare for the Columbia showdown...
NUMBER 5 or 6, GREG KIRSCH. Sophomore from Auburndale, cracked into varsity lineup for first time at tail end of '77 schedule...played extremely well on southern trip, finished 3-2...an experienced clay-court player, Kirsch has made himself into a strong all-surface player...has a very solid, consistent game, if not too flashy...has no glaring weaknesses, with strong groundstrokes and volleys, and a good kick-serve...a smart doubles player, and match-tough in both singles and doubles from long years of competition...of Czechoslovakian descent, joints Chaikovsky as second Slavic member of team...