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...executive offices of the Sack Theatres are the final proof of Sack's accession. They are located in the Sack Savoy. To reach them you must take a small, antiquated elevator, with a hand-operated grate and an erratic control button. It climbs slowly, cautiously--rather like the temperamental lift that displayed more personality than Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Millie. The elevator opens--hopefully--onto a nondescript corridor. You pass a press room, then a secretary's office. The inner sanctum is a large room that, despite its heavy furniture, appears empty. There is an imposing mahogany desk...
Princeton's right fielder, Bob Gang, led off the top of the ninth with a smash that eluded shortstop Jeff Grate. After whiffing the last man in the Tiger batting order, Peters walked Terry Young. A line single to center by Jim Adams brought in Gang and Young, with the heart of the Bengal batting order coming...
...tough loss for Harvard against a supposedly puny opponent. The continued weakness of the Crimson hitters bodes ill for the future. So far, only two starters, Grate and Ignacio, are hitting over...
...pitch brought Smith hurtling in from third, but the catcher was there to meet him. When the dust cleared. Smith was out. Dorwart singled and again the runners advanced on a wild pitch. With two out and runners on second and third, Harvard's leading batter and shortstop, Jeff Grate, came to bat. He lined the second pitch into deep right field for a single, scoring two runs. Grate was thrown out trying for a double however, and the side was retired...
From then on the pitchers regained mastery and only one more run scored--an insurance run for M.I.T. in the fifth inning on a throwing error by Grate...