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...Little Gump...
Harvard successfully killed off a penalty to Fischer as the opening session ended, but the Friars ended any hope of an upset by burning netminder Nelia "Gump" Worsely and her slow-skating teammates for seven goals in the middle stanza...
Huber, Norton, and Winthrop House junior Nelia Worsley (I'm tempted to call her 'Gump' after that superb Hockey Hall of Fame netminder, but alas, there's no relation) approached men's coach Bill Cleary for advice and counsel. Cleary knew just the man for the task at hand--former Harvard goalie-sensation Bertagna, now the Harvard assistant sports information director...
...They're not going to shoot Santa Claus," said an official of Gump's department store in San Francisco in the midst of the Christmas buying rush. And indeed, even before the gift wrapping had been torn from millions of presents, it was apparent that Christmas sales across the nation had exceeded all but the rosiest predictions. The surge might give the economic recovery some new momentum...
...sent to the second-rank junior squad. Four years later, when his junior stint was ending, Vachon was once again farmed out, this time to a minor league team. When he finally got a chance to play for Montreal eight years ago, he initially performed in the shadow of Gump Worsley. Eventually, as he was becoming recognized as a respected goaltender, Vachon was displaced by Dryden and traded to the Kings in November...