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...DESIRING, by Menno Gallie (192 pp.; Harper; $3.50) is a sort of border ballad about the frontier between England and Wales. Few Americans think of that line as much of a barrier, but to Griff Rowlands, a hymn-singing Welshman from a valley full of coal tips and chapels, it is booby-trapped with social snares and moral menace. At 24, he gets an appointment as assistant lecturer in mathematics at one of the new raw "red brick" universities in the English provinces. Starting writh this subject matter, Menna Gallie's brisk, garrulous and altogether charming novel serves...
Height makes might in basketball these days, and with only one starter over 6 ft., 1 in., it was unfortunately apparent from the outset of the season that this was not to be a banner year for Harvard basketball. This was especially true since 6 ft., 8 in. center Griff McClellan was not the rebounder one so tall often...
Except for McFadden, it will be the last intercollegiate contest for the entire Eli starting five, and for Crimson stalwarts Harrington, Griff McClellan, and captain Bob Repetto. From these seven seniors, if not all the members of both teams, all-out performances can certainly be expected...
...exceptional performance from center Griff McClellan, the varsity basketball team defeated a favored Pennsylvania squad 69 to 60 Saturday night in the I.A.B. Trailing at halftime, 34 to 30, the Crimson battled back with more accuracy, more speed, more hustle and more points than the Quakers to take its fourth Ivy League victory against seven losses...
Employing a man-to-man defense, the Crimson opened the second half with a scoring spurt, capped by Richling's lay-up, that gave the varsity a 47-46 advantage at the 5:40 mark. And despite McNulty's 23 points in the second half, fine play by Griff McClellan, Richling, Bowditch, Harrington, and Bob Repetto kept the Crimson close enough to set the stage for the final rally...