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Free safety Michael Dixon was named ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Week for his performance in the Harvard football team's 24-21 victory over Army. Running back Mark Vignali was named to the ECAC Honor Roll and won the New England sportswriters' Golden Helmet award...
...from their bunkers. Under what they call the shade tree, the men relax on bright orange lawn chairs donated by the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Long hours are spent cleaning weapons, and standard attire for a visit to the showers is now gym shorts, flak jacket and steel helmet. Says Lance Corporal James Stewart, 23, referring to the sound of incoming rounds: "We've always got one ear listening for that whistle, which means: 'Here comes one, gents...
They run the risk of being sneered at as bubbleheads, but hay fever sufferers can find relief from runny noses, swollen eyes and itchy throats by donning a Martianesque headpiece called the Hincherton Hayfever Helmet. It consists of a clear plastic dome, enclosing the head, into which filtered, pollen-free air is wafted at low pressure. The battery-powered fan, electrostatically charged filter and helmet weigh about 4 Ibs. and are attached to the body by a harness or belt. The inventor, British Architect Richard Hinchliffe, 45, himself a longtime hay fever sufferer, claims that wearing the helmet...
...lead when he scored from third on a wild pitch. It looked like Navy would get out of the inning when Vinnie Martelli couldn't get a bunt down on a suicide squeeze attempt and Bauer was caught off third. But catcher Bob Baldocchi's throw hit Bauer's helmet, and the Harvard captain brought home the final...
...power-play goal by Orlando early in the second stanza was followed by the Falcone-to-Martin connection, a tense 2-2 deadlock lasted for eight minutes. Blair robbed the visitors several times in that span, a 20-ft. blast by Randy Velischek sent the freshmen rolling pads over helmet, but stayed in Blair's glove. And at 5.35 Mitch Ofson made a spectacular diving stick check, flying into the net but saving a sure goal...