Word: match
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With a couple of the varsity racketeers sick and another half dozen out with academic conflicts, the weakened Crimson called up three J.V. team members, but a shortage of personnel still forced the forfeit of one doubles match...
Three talented teams had their unbeaten records snapped: tennis, in a 5-4 hearbreaker to Yale; baseball, in a tough 3-1 loss to Columbia; and golf, to Princeto in the Big Three match. To make matters worse, The Crimson had to eat its words when a Yale lacrosse team we had described as "hapless" upended Harvard's squad...
...most exciting match of the evening, mainly because it lasted close to 20 seconds, featured Mike Brown '80 and Mike Rubenstein '78 in the 200-220 lbs. category. The two heavies hunched over a table built by Marv Wheat '78 according to the official rules. (Official rules--are you kidding?) They pursed their lips and stared striaght down waiting for the start. This was going to be a battle and the crowd sensed...
...little banging of the head against the wall." Ecker felt that his cradling of a stick in lacrosse practice helped, and Orb Sherman said he was on a "high protein, low carbohydrate diet." He explained in between chugs of beer that he had forgotten his "pills" before the match, pulling a bottle of the neglected "One-A-Days" from his pocket...
Dave Potter '77 consumed four or five beers before his match, according to bartender Dan Binning '79. "He lost, but I'm not saying that beer did it," Binning said. Beer seemed to be the gatorade of the evening, however, as almost half a keg was consumed in one half hour stretch. They didn't have that in Junior High...