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Harvard uses two very similar defensive formations, the "Oklahoma" and the "eagle." In both defenses, only three of the eleven men are down in a four-point or crouched stance; the rest are on their feet. Yovicsin says this means greater pursuit power, or the ability to get tacklers to ball-carrier more quickly. As last Saturday's game showed, their success depends on alert, aggressive linebackers...
Very apparent, as well, is the effect that the fraternities have upon scholastic averages. On a four-point grade scale, the over-all average of fraternity pledges is 2.1, as compared to a campus-wide average of 2.5, a rather significant difference. Even more suggestive is the fact that out of the eight fraternities with the highest scholastic averages, four are either Jewish or Oriental. The other four are very small, socially unacceptable houses...
...athletic department presumably will agree with a four-point program adopted by the NCAA-member colleges to withdraw from the AAU, to stay out of AAU-sponsored meets, to remove college personnel from AAU committees, and to deny the use of their facilities and equipment...
Holding a slim four-point lead at halftime, B.C. shot into a 28-29 lead in the opening minutes of the third quarter, and then began to freeze the ball. For four minutes this strategy--which had wrecked the Crimson against Amherst Saturday night--was successful. But three long jump shots by Gene Augustine, Pete Kelley, and Denny Lynch, combined with some sterling defensive play, whittled the gap to three points with 9:05 remaining in the contest...
...would remain a cardinal point of U.S. policy to see Castro unseated, if only through economic and political pressures. The U.S. has been urging its allies, with some success, to give up trade with Cuba and restrict ships flying their flags from carrying goods there, is ready with a four-point plan that would deny U.S. port privileges and business to foreign shipowners whose ships continue to enter Cuban ports...