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...this year's Harvard team is a good one, too. The Crimson has the strength to build up points in the light-weight classes where Cornell is relatively weak, and hold on in the top weights, where the Big Red is strong. Sophomore Mike King has won the 123-pound spot from undefeated Peter Keeler, and Brian Smith at 130 (1-1) has wrestled well in both his matches. Cornell's team has yet to score a victory below the 137-pound class...
Dana L. Farnsworth, director of University Health Services, has ordered an emergency investigation into the snapping of fiberglass poles during Harvard's track season. Four of the light-weight poles have splintered in a "potentially dangerous" way in meets and practices since the beginning of the year...
...sophomores in the first boat turned out to be a pretty good bet for Coach Larry Coolidge as his light-weight crews easily defeated highly-touted Navy Saturday afternoon on a windswept Charles River course...
Slightly fuller-bodied amidships than Vim, the new challenger has a "knuckle" or sharp upward turn on her bow, designed to reduce weight by eliminating overhang. Her floorboards are hollowed out, her fittings are cast of light-weight aluminum or alloys, and some metal parts have been drilled full of holes. Her cockpit floor is purposely curved to provide the helmsman with level footing when the boat heels over in the wind. But her most radical feature is a simplified mainsail control-a single wire, attached to a three-speed gearbox that Payne admits could cause a "chaotic situation...
...former CRIMSON managing editor and one-time sports writer, the author of The Noblest Roman, David Halberstam, '55 always considered himself a literary light-weight. He is still somewhat of a sport...