Word: indoors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the collapse of the Farrell Bubble in a windstorm in December 1973, the track team has been forced to spend the indoor season in small, dusty Briggs Cage. Okerman notes that it is especially important for a New England school to have a good indoor facility because the indoor season here lasts from November to the end of March...
...Bubble, which had a modern tartan track, was one of the best indoor facilities in New England. Okerman says it motivated Harvard trackmen to attend practices regularly throughout the winter months. But "nobody wants to come down to Briggs to work out," he says. In fact, Okerman claims some of the injuries suffered by runners on the track team this winter may have been caused by the poor quality of the dirt track in Briggs Cage...
...Harvard racquetmen weren't used to the clay courts at Dartmouth, since the poor condition of the home clay courts forces the team to play on their indoor courts. The clay courts require a different strategy since the serve becomes less important and service breaks more frequent...
...Harvard tennis team easily demolished an Amherst squad yesterday, 9-0, in an indoor contest held at Palmer Dixon...
...knew all along that we could do it," captain Steve Niemi said. "It was just a question of getting everybody healthy. This was the first time since the Army indoor meet really that we've had everybody...