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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year career selling soda in St. Louis' Sportsman's Park; in Cincinnati. In 1944, DeWitt, general manager of the hapless St. Louis Browns, helped drive the team to its first and only pennant. His astute trades while general manager of the Cincinnati Reds helped "the Ragamuffin Reds" clinch the pennant in 1961, the club's first in 21 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 15, 1982 | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

...three times that team--Boston University twice and Wisconsin (last year)--has gone on to win the national title. It is conceivable, if the Crimson loses big Friday night, that the committee would decide another team--perhaps Providence--should go. If Harvard beats Clarkson, of course, it will clinch a spot...Nine times since 1962, the Crimson has reached the semifinals, including the last three times it made the playoffs, in '74, '75 and '76. The icemen are now 18-14 in playoff games, including two shutouts for and none against...The Harvard crowd, although certainly the loudest and best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Notebook | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

...sporadic freshman year. Fleming hit stride during the 1979-80 campaign, averaging 19.6 points per game in League play (19.9 overall) and earning first-team all-Ivy honor. This year, in spite of an early season slump, Fleming has scored at an 18.2 ppg clip and is almost a clinch to repeat on the all-League squad...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Donald Fleming | 3/6/1982 | See Source »

...Harvard can best Dartmouth here Saturday night, it will win the Ivy title and clinch the fourth seed is the eight-team ECAC playoffs. The Crimson would then play a quarterfinal-round game against the number-live seed at Bright Center on Tuesday...

Author: By Bruce Schenfeld, | Title: Dartmouth Upsets Yale, 4-1; Harvard on Brink of Playoffs | 3/4/1982 | See Source »

...every Harvard men's swim team Led by Don Schollander, four-time gold medalist at the 1964 Olympic Games, the Elis were top dogs in Eastern waters. But this year's crop of aquamen made that ancient history as they curbed the Bulldogs--70.43, Saturday in New Haven to clinch the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League championship...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Aquamen Sink Elis, 70-43, To Capture League Title | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

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