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This spring's lacrosse team was not one of your basic clutch ballclubs. In the Ivy League this season, probably only Princeton had as much talent as they Crimson, and yet Harvard ended up with an anemic 2-4 record, worse than last year. The Tigers turned out not to be too strong under pressure, either, dropping their last three league games. If Cornell beats Dartmouth Wednesday as it should, then nearly half the league (three of seven teams) will be in first place. Harvard is a solid sixth...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/20/1969 | See Source »

...Washauer, undefeated since the Southern trip and one of the squad's best clutch players, took the second set, 6-1, then rallied to break McPartland's service in the third and went on to win, 6-2, virtually assuring the Crimson of victory...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Netmen Trounce Yale Squad, 6-3 | 5/19/1969 | See Source »

...Indian's star-reliever, Jim Bell, ran into control problems as he walked four and yielded three hits in the bottom half of the inning. Dartmouth hurt its own cause with a wild pitch and a pass ball on an intentional walk, and Turco and Dorwart then delivered clutch singles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Whips Indians, Yale, But Fails in Playoff Bid | 5/19/1969 | See Source »

...Indians have succeeded mainly because of the combined efforts of Chuck Seelbach and Jim Bell. Seelbach has two victories and leads the pitching staff with a 1.55 ERA. Sophomore Bell picked up two wins in relief against Brown and Princeton and preserved another victory with a clutch performance against Penn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians Seek Revenge Against Crimson Nine | 5/14/1969 | See Source »

...different Government law-enforcement branches. The first group of twelve men was sent early in 1967 into Buffalo, N.Y. to blitz the firmly entrenched Mafia operation of Stefano Magaddino. Stefano's son Peter, in whose home agents found more than $500,000 in cash as well as a clutch of weapons, has been prosecuted, among others, as a result of their efforts. Similar Strike Forces have now been set up in seven other cities, and so far, 320 indictments have been filed-and 60 convictions obtained-as a result of the teams' efforts. Nixon's organized-crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Organized Crime: Ganging Up on the Mob | 5/2/1969 | See Source »

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