Word: hard-luck
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Dartmouth ace Jim Beattie and Harvard's Milt Holt locked horns in the opener, each limiting the opposition to five hits. But the Big Green took advantage of those hits to defeat the hard-luck Holt. 2-0 In the nightcap, however Mark Linehan showed them both up as he tossed a one-hitter to dump Dartmouth...
...Crimson had one last shot at redemption, as it opposed Ivy leader Princeton and its 23-match winning streak. Harvard came close, and, according to Barnaby, "scared the hell out of them." But alas, in what symbolized this hard-luck year, the Crimson fell, 5-4, on a tie-breaker in the last match...
Some of the skits are lamer: a kiddie show where the clown host reads the little ones porn, or a windy send-up of a typical series called "The Dealers," which has to do with the abortively comic exploits of a couple of hard-luck traffickers in grass. But overall the movie maintains high energy. There is one scene of true inspiration. At the end of the 6 o'clock news, the anchor man signs off and sits staring, smile firmly fixed, waiting for the fadeout and credits. Nothing happens. Soon the smile begins to stiffen at the edges...
...think we rank second in the league, although the standings read differently," Harvard coach Jack Barnaby said. "I never felt happier about a team--it was just a hard-luck team. The only time we looked bad this year was when we were sick, and against Princeton you could say there was victory in defeat because we played so well...
...Crimson nearly picked up another first-round win. Eugene White, Crimson hard-luck candidate for a day, lost 5-4, in an epee bout that went almost three minutes into overtime. Nevertheless, Harvard led the meet...