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Picking up soccer came naturally to Duggan, whose father coached the Norpoint Royals in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington--a city which boasts one of the country's finest youth soccer leagues...
After watching Ivy rivals Yale and Dartmouth fall in earlier first round action, the Crimson trotted on to the artificial surface at Benedum Field and played its finest contest of the season. For the first time all year, both the offense and defense had splendid games, beating the highly-touted Wildcats to the ball at both ends and conjuring up imaginative, almost mystical moves once they...
...Martin provided the key to the spurt of excellent hockey--the squad's finest quarter-hour in two years--with defensive efficiency up front. The former highlighted the effort with a 75-yd. clear from deep in her own zone, while the latter dropped further back than usual from her position as cherrypicker to aid the defensive cause with her speed and stick work...
...Royals' bull pen, on the other hand, proved incapable of stemming the Phillies' late-innings tide. To add insult to ineffectiveness, Kansas City's bull pen was turned into a menagerie in the final game. Philadelphia's Finest stored police dogs in the Royals' left-field enclosure, and Reliever Marty Pattin had to ease his way past a posse of horses when he came on to pitch in the fifth inning. Said Pattin: "I thought we had a zoo out there. The dogs were excited by the crowd, and they were barking and carrying...
Sinatra broaches the singer-as-actor credibility gap, giving a thoroughly realistic and low-key performance as one of New York's finest. Perhaps it would be in poor taste to suggest, as one observer did, that Sinatra ought to be able to fashion a fine portrayal of a New York policeman--he's had enough altercations with the type--but Sinatra doesn't miss a trick. His deadpan expression and passionless eyes brilliantly reflect the torments of a man who must, at once, watch his once-beautiful wife slowly collapse into herself, and yet still be the consummate professional...