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Stoeckel also is responsible for another of Harvard's most dramatic single-game efforts. Starting on five-minute notice against Dartmouth in his sophomore year, Stoeckel completed 20 of 37 passes for 230 yards and came within an eyelash of knocking the Big Green out of the un-beaten ranks. Dartmouth ultimately pulled the game out, 16-13, on a 46-yard Ted Perry field goal with three seconds left...
...Stoeckel has the ability to string together varied and time-consuming drives. He is a good short passer and a cheerleader on the field. Stoeckel has showed that he responds to pressure situations. As a sophomore he started against an undefeated Dartmouth team and led Harvard to within an eyelash of a tie. It took a 46-yard field goal to bring Dartmouth victory and keep the Big Green in the undefeated ranks. Stoeckel set a passing record that afternoon, completing 20 of 37 passes for 230 yards...
...surge, Jauron pulled his own form of heroics. With two out and two strikes in the top of the ninth, he lined a Roz Brayton pitch to within five feet of the fence to score teammate Charlie Thorne and tie the score 1-1. Jauron's double, within an eyelash of becoming a homer, was one of only three hits that Crimson senior Brayton allowed in the contest. Yale pitcher Corcoran was tagged for a run in the third and one in the ninth, but managed to escape with a four-hitter...
Also in Los Angeles for the foil competition was number one Harvard foil man Phillipe Bennett. Bennett came within an eyelash of making it into the finals, after sweeping through the preliminary rounds with a perfect 8-0 bouting record. In the semi-finals, Bennett ended up in a four-way tie for first (three go up to the finals) and was eliminated because more touches were scored against him than against the other three competitors. However, Bennett had already defeated Jennings twice, and had beaten all of the other people who made the finals at some time...
...predictably unpredictable Harvard fencing team pulled off its wildest caper of the season yesterday, coming within an eyelash of upsetting perennial Ivy champion Columbia before losing in the final bout of the match...