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Nehama Jacobs '73 and Jane Elliott '74 are two of the ten women sportscasting finalists competing for the four-minute weekend slot.
Jacobs described sportscasting yesterday as an "extraordinary opportunity to cope with high-pressured situations" which is an essential part of broadcast journalism, her broader interest. "A sportscaster must be more than a good reporter. She is also a personality," she noted.
Maine's Graham Cooper upset freshman Jon Jacobs of Harvard in the fourth round of play Sunday at Harkness Commons, and squeezed through the final round with a draw to Bryan Phelps of the University of New Haven. Jacobs, Phelps, Randy Borgerson and Roger LaCroix of U-Maine tied for...
Cooper "played a tremendous game," Jacobs said yesterday. "Although I remained a pawn up throughout the game, my opponent activated his pieces and made a decisive incursion the thirtieth move." With a ranking of 2148, Jacobs was the highest rated player in the tournament which lacked many of the top...
The tournament was Harvard's first to be sanctioned by the United States Chess Federation. DeFranco termed it a success, although Jacobs commented that the small prizes--$50 for individual and team firsts--kept many of the highest ranking players in the area out of the field of 43. Unlike...