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...first week of hearings on police corruption in New York City, the Knapp Commission exposed mostly "clean" graft-that is, the free meals, liquor and tips that are handed out by businessmen and gamblers as a matter of routine. Last week the commission moved on to "dirty" graft-the payoffs from narcotics pushers that used to be considered taboo even by cops on the take. A mixed media presentation of film, tapes and testimony showed that far too many cops are now as willing to take dirty money as clean...
Harvard captain Mike Graft said yesterday, "It was a very fine tournament because all the teams were about equal in strength...
Harvard has finished first in the tournament for the last several years. "Harvard used to be a real strong team every year, but the other teams have finally caught up." Graft said. "Individually, I think we are better than any other team, but it hurts when you're missing some of your best players," Graft added. He was referring specifically to Harvard's top scorer Peter Kellogg, who was unable to play in the first two games of the tournament...
Harvard will open the NCAA finals against Yale this weekend in New Haven. "We hope to finish in third place, even though we are now seeded fourth because of the tournament this last weekend," Graft said...
...year and has played tougher opponents. "We should do pretty well against them considering we don't have the coaching they do. Water-polo is a varsity sport at Yale and so they get support from the college. We're a club and get no direct support from Harvard," Graft said...