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...ancient oarsmen stood expectantly on the sidelines, it looked as if Harvard Coach Harry Parker might call the whole thing off. Twice he ventured off the Red Top floating dock, causing nervous spectators to squint into the sun to decipher his inscrutable facial expression. The word passed from one knot of people to the next...
Each week the knot of men who spend the day hanging out in the central plaza grows. The older ones, their heads invariably protected against the searing spring sun by white straw hats, mutter occasionally to one another, then lose themselves in the local paper. The younger ones, several of them wearing BORN IN THE U.S.A. T shirts, banter loudly and watch the girls go by. Their burgeoning numbers are the first sign that the flow of Mexicans seeking jobs and a better life in the U.S. is beginning to reverse itself. American cars with license plates from Illinois, California...
Harvard fought back with a goal by Emily Ozer at the close of the first period, and a goal from Eileen Pratt opened the second to knot the game at three...
Joslin, who registered three goals in the game and now has 32 for the year, struck just 22 seconds into the second half to narrow the Crimson deficit to one. Amazingly, it took her only 14 seconds more to knot the contest...
...Crimson was gallant in its effort to tie the game in the final stanza. Trailing 7-3 with only 11 minutes left to play, Harvard put in four goals in a six-minute span to knot the score...