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Larry Bird, a farmer's son from French Lick, Ind., doesn't even crack a smile. He just scores the first hoop of the year for the Celtics, and follows it up seconds later with a full-court lob that catches M.L. Carr with two strides to go to the hoop. Fans go wild, Bird makes a few more spectacular passes, and then he sits down. He isn't the standout, not until the next night in Cleveland when he sinks 12 of 17 shots and scores 28 points. But nobody is disappointed Friday --at least not in Section...
...other two doubles matches had resulted in easy Harvard wins, so the whole Crimson squad gathered around the court now in a huddled silence. Roberts served and after an extended rally hit a desperation lob high into the lights. "There's no way you can see the ball in those lights," Chaikovsky said. "The guy hit it off the top of his racquet, and the ball landed about four courts down...
With Roberts "frozen" according to Shaw, Chaikovsky became the Bionic Volleyer, playing eight straight balls but putting none away. Finally, the Big Red launched a deep lob to Roberts' side, hit an overhead smash that neither Cornell player had a chance...
With Harvard 4-5, and facing set point at 3-3, Redman netted an overhead of a deep Horne lob to tie the set 5-5. In a tie-breaker at the end of that set, the Crimson pair fell behind, 3-2, before running off three straight points, the last on a Kirsch put-away of a high Hudson volley. The pair took the second set more easily, 6-4, as Kirsch continued hitting overpowering overheads and repeatedly putting the ball away...
...Keyte. DP--Boston College 1, Harvard 1. LOB--Boston College 6, Harvard 9. 2B--Pearce, Kelley, Stenhouse, Peccerillo, Santos-Buch, Tilles. HR--Mitchell, Stenhouse (1), Stewart, St. John (1). SB--Follen, Stewart, Gilbody. S--Cullinane. SF--Bingham. IP H R ER BB SO Boston College Meara (L, 1-4) 6 12 6 6 1 3 Tillett .1 0 0 0 0 0 Gallagher 0 2 1 1 0 0 Markell .2 0 0 0 1 0 Murphy 1 1 0 0 1 0 Harvard Alevizos 6.2 4 5 5 4 0 Keyte...