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...most any standard, he is an anomaly among college students, and something of an anachronism. Married twice, 27 years old, a four-year Marine with four military ribbons to his name, caught between the We and Me generations. Chuck Hamlin will clutch his diploma today and cherish it as the culmination of a nine-year personal odyssey. He has come a long way. How many Harvard students finished 485th out of 522 in their high school class (and admit it without blinking)? And how many Harvard students participated in the evacuation of Saigon in April...
...other hand, the Islanders undoubtedly boast the superior side. In Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy, they have two superstars of Gretzkyesque magnitude. In Billy Smith (3-1 against the Rangers in playoff competition), they have one of hockey's finest clutch goalies. They are deeper, more experienced, better...
Adam Beren, the number-three singles for Harvard, demonstrated that the Crimson will be able to count on clutch play against the Eli, winning a 5-3 tiebreaker to pull out a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Darrel Lindsey. Service return was another key to Beren's triumph, as he managed to deal with Lindsey's serve, which Pompan described as being the "biggest" in Ivy tennis...
...will shift to Philadelphia Friday for the first of two games there. Jullus Erving pumped home 28 points to pace Philadelphia, which blew a 16-point, second-half lead when the Bucks put on a 22-5 spurt to take a one-point lead with 9:09 left. But clutch foul-shooting by Caldwell Jones offset a Junior Bridgeman three-pointer in the final seconds and gave the 76ers the victory. In other conference semi-final action, the Kansas City Kings topped Phoenix, 95-88, to earn a seven-game victory and the right to face the Houston Rockets...
...opening match saw Pompan, in the number-two slot, easily dispatch lanky Lion Jeff Papell. After dropping the first seven points, Pompan visibly relaxed and went on to capture the set, 6-3. Good clutch tennis highlighted Pompan's second set as he clinched the match with a 6-2 victory...