Word: crimson
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...Crimson clearly demonstrated its superiority under normal playing conditions. Navy's practice of slamming every serve and pounding every shot was futile in courts where the ball did not get overheated and make exaggerated rebounds...
Harvard recently joined Yale in dropping Navy from its future schedules, and Saturday's victory was particularly relishing to the Crimson and unwelcome to Navy. Annapolis has long been unpopular for its overheated courts and wildly partisan crowds. Last year Yale charged it with rigging the lineup...
Winning every match except one, the Crimson wrestling squad trounced a surprisingly weak Williams team 23 to 3 Saturday in its first meet of the season. The Ephs, who placed second in the New England Wrestling Conference last year, have declined considerably and were no match for the Crimson...
...same class, Sophomore Bill Smith won 10-0. The Williams squad picked up its three points when Tom Owsley, a sophomore, lost 7-2 to a scrappy 147-pound Ephmen. This weight is usually wrestled by captain John Watkins, who is suffering from an ankle injury. Another Crimson sophomore, Lee Freeman, won a 9-3 decision in the 157-pound division...
...Harvard team made a clean sweep in the heavies, led by Pete Stanley, a junior who managed to wrestle only once last season. He crushed his opponent 8 to 0; and Dan Leary, a senior newcomer to Crimson competition, made the only pin of the meet in the second round. Leary's showing in the 177-pound class makes him a man to watch later in the season...