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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...squash team's only remaining match of the season comes this Saturday against a Yale team that has been surprisingly bad all season long. The Elis have lost to Princeton and, amazingly, to Penn and Cornell; they will finish outside the top three teams for the first time in the history of Ivy League squash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squashmen Make It 29, Massacre Williams, 8-1 | 2/27/1964 | See Source »

Harvard plunged into basketball oblivion over the weekend as the quintet lost to Cornell and Columbia, ran its losing streak to five games, and guaranteed the Crimson its 17th straight second division finish in the Ivy League...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Varsity Quintet Loses to Lions, Cornell on Road | 2/24/1964 | See Source »

...quintet, which earlier in the season had looked like the best Harvard basketball team in a decade, is now virtually assured of a sixth place Ivy finish. With a 10-9 overall record, their chances for a winning season hinge on taking two of their last three games--against Brown, Yale, and Dartmouth...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Varsity Quintet Loses to Lions, Cornell on Road | 2/24/1964 | See Source »

...three long laps, he ran all by himself-head down, arms pumping, opening up a 60-yd. lead. Then he flung himself across the finish line and staggered wearily down the track while officials huddled to compare their watches. Cheers almost drowned out the announcement of his time: 3 min. 56.6 sec.-a fantastic 2 sec. faster than Beatty's old world record. "You sonova-gun!" cried Beatty. "Tokyo, watch out for the U.S.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track & Field: With OYOL on the Front | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...Crimson matmen's chance to repeat last year's second-place finish suffered a jolt when Penn (3-1) whipped Yale (1-2) by an 18-13 margin. The Quakers squeaked past Harvard earlier, 16-15; if the Crimson is to tie Penn for second place behind Cornell, someone is going to have to beat the Quakers. The last hope is Columbia; Harvard squeaked past the Lions 16-14 this weekend. Since Columbia has yet to wrestle Cornell, the Lions are almost certain to drop at least one more match; if they do upset Penn, all three teams will wind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 2/20/1964 | See Source »

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