Word: layoff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dauntless" Doug Hardin, and sophomore Dave Pottetti provide the Strength in the two-mile. Running in his first meet last Saturday after a three-month layoff, Hardin nipped a victory at the wire despite a bad start...
...mile provided the meet's greatest excitement as "Dauntless" Doug Hardin staged a stirring comeback for a record-breaking victory. Returning to competition after a three-month layoff, Hardin tripped and fell on the second corner, losing thirty yards to the leaders and falling back to last place. He gradually threaded his way through the field and moved into second place position behind M.I.T.'s Ben Wilson with seven laps to go. Then, with the crowd on its feet, Hardin blasted away from the bespectacled Engineer with a lap and a half remaining, covering the final 440 in 61 seconds...
...expected to battle with MIT's Ben Wilson for top laurels in the two-mile. Wilson likes to set a fast, steady pace, and the meet record of 9:06.6 should fall. Doug Hardin, who set the record last year, will be competing again after a three-month layoff. Hardin has been hobbled by knee and calf injuries and will probably run cautiously...
Coach Harrison was elated. His fast break offense had come alive in the second half and Chris Gallagher, Hardy, and Bob Kanuth had crashed the boards skillfully. Concerned about the Christmas layoff, he sent his team home with orders to practice daily and to report back to Cambridge by Christmas night...
...layoff hurt. So too, perhaps, did the time change. Whatever the reason, Harvard never could get started against Santa Barbara. Down by just five at the half, the Crimson tired in the second half--and the statistics prove...