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Harvard's unpredictable hardwood heartstoppers beat to a new pulse, with new men, a new style and new results last night at Boston College's Roberts Center...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: Revived Cagers Smash Huskies, 75-62, Take Third Place in Beanpot Tourney | 1/17/1974 | See Source »

Causing wet and hardwood dreams...

Author: By Peifr A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 12/20/1973 | See Source »

...Baloney," retorted Joyce "The Happy Hookslider" Heard, ace Crime second baseperson. "They threw that same Box Brastraps malarkey after we ran 'em off the court this winter," added Heard, whose pivot work was pivotal in the Crime's 23-2 overtime triumph on the hardwood over the Administration earlier this year...

Author: By Shirley Povich, | Title: Crimson Batpersons Wade Into Game Against Sexist Box Jox this Weekend | 5/11/1973 | See Source »

...lustrous, easily worked hardwood of black walnut trees is prized by furniture manufacturers the world over, mainly because it can be made into a thin veneer to cover less expensive woods. But the supply is short. Every year woodsmen in the U.S. cut about 11 million more board feet than mature in state and commercial nurseries. As a result, logs from a large, top-quality black walnut tree can fetch as much as $15,000 nowadays-obviously well worth a midnight foray by tree rustlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Tree Rustlers | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...form; they are leading the league with a startling record of 40 wins and only seven losses. And the difference is clearly Cowens, whose court credo is "go all out all the time at both ends of the floor." That means everything: blocking shots, skidding headlong across the hardwood in a scramble for the ball, leading fast breaks and rifling jump passes half the length of the court. "All he does is run. run. run." panted the Baltimore Bullets' Elvin Hayes after Cowens victimized him in a recent game by raking in 29 rebounds. "Many centers pick their spots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Runaway Redhead | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

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