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...Rutgers game was perhaps Harvard's best of the season, especially the second half. Trailing by four at halftime, the Crimson rallied behind 6-4 leaper Ernest Hardy to stun a Rutgers team which had beaten Princeton at Princeton--not an easy task. With the Scarlets' 6-7 star Bob Greacen in foul trouble, Hardy controlled the backboards, and hard-driving sophomore Dale Dover led the scoring...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Quintet, Skaters Finish Holiday Schedules | 1/6/1969 | See Source »

Leading the Big Green attack is sophomore guard Henry Tyson, a 6' leaper from Chicago with a 13.4 average. Captain Joe Colgan, a forward at 6'3", has a 12.6 average but he's still recovering from a siege of mononucleosis...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Hoopsters and Indians Meet in Cellar Contest | 1/16/1968 | See Source »

...from the backcourt that Penn gave Princeton some trouble. At 6-3, Charlie Snell is listed as a forward, but he hurt the Tigers with an effective outside jumper. Harvard's man-to-man defense may match him with Bobby Johnson--a terrific leaper himself. These are two eye-catching ball-players...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Harvard Opens Ivy Basketball Campaign | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

...days swing onward, galumph-galumph, students leap from their carrels out into the snowless Yard ("I am not a prodigious leaper, I am a bird"). Lights burn late in House rooms (Look at it this way, Silas, Louis Quinze is to the Pompadour as you are to..."). Some seek recourse to the warm reassurance of love not dependent on academic achievement ("Sally, if I were stupid would you still love me the way I love you?"). Others seek recourse to the warm reassurance of physical exhilaration independent of academic achievement ("I'm not going to get out of shape this...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Doom | 1/23/1967 | See Source »

...Crimson leaper could break 22 ft., and Dick Farley of B.U. won at 22 ft. 5 1/4 in. In the hurdles, the Terriers' Dave Hemery--British Empire champion--breezed home in 0:5.3. Harvard's Andy Cahners was third...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Trackmen Crush Terriers As Schoonover Sets Mark | 12/15/1966 | See Source »

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