Word: contest
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...Crimson margin of victory came in the second inning when sophomore Pete Varney led off with the Crimson's first single. After second baseman Bill Cherry was hit by a Fremuth fastball, Turco doubled home both runners with the contest's only extra-base...
Penn finally beat Harvard. The unpeaceful Quakers put it all together and romped to a length and a half victory over the heavies last Saturday on the wind-blown Schuylkill River. Navy came in third in the 2000-meter Adams Cup Race (a contest Harvard hadn't lost in the last five years...
Finally, the Crimson went into the race too confident that Penn's sophomore rowers would crack under the strain of a tight contest. "We felt that if we could keep it close until the final sprint," Harvard cox Tom tiffany said, "then they would rattle...
Harvard won contest against both teams last year. 6-3, and this year the decisions could be equally close. The military universities' superior conditioning may give them the edge in the long matches. Navy seems to be the stronger, and playing on their home courts should make the Middies even tougher. Navy captain, Bob Cowen leads a team that is undefeated in Eastern play. In a contest earlier this year, the Crimson trailed 1-0 in matches, with the other five singles contests being close battles when rain ended the meet...
Another close contest could develop in both the mile and two-mile runs. Princeton's Eamon Downey holds the indoor two-mile record for the Tigers, and will present a stiff challenge to the Crimson's Dave Pottetti and Tim McCloone. He will probably run the mile also, where Harvard's Royce Shaw looms as the favorite...