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Although Dick Harlow was in Cambridge most of the past month gathering up his personal belongings for transfer to Maryland, he kept out of sight as much as possible and a lot of us never got a chance to see him. It was therefore with considerable interest that this department beat its way down to the Copley Plaza two night ago to participate in what may be the retired coach's last public appearance, either in Boston or anywhere else...
...main ballroom was jammed with football enthusiasts for the Gridiron Club's annual dinner. Harlow was seated at the head table three places away from his successor, Art Valpey. He looked tired and now and then he smiled a little weakly. While other diners wolfed down huge planks of roast beef and mountainous ice cream and fruit concoctions, he rolled a boiled potato around his plate as though it was something less than a loose ball and made uninspired passes at some specially prepared orange juice he had brought with him from Maryland...
...principal event of the dinner was to be the "Swede" Nelson sportsmanship award to place kicker Everett Dorr of Boston University, with another presentation scheduled for Harlow. When the time came, Dick rose slowly to receive his gift, a nautically mounted clock and barometer bearing the inscribed affections of the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. Then he moved to the microphone, uncertainly it seemed, and quietly he began to speak...
...thanked the club. To Valpey he spoke of the fairness of local sportswriters and his friendship for them. Slowly the old Harlow fire returned. He praised the fine relationships he had always had with the press and with Harvard alumni and he hoped they would continue for Valpey. By the end of his speech his voice was tremendous, although one of the older members whispered, "You should have heard him 12 years...
Addressing most of his remarks to successor Art Valpey; also present at the head table, Harlow spoke of the exceptional friendship and fairness of local newsmen, and of the fine relationships between himself and Harvard...