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Arthur Crew Inman was born in Atlanta in 1895, the son of old money (cotton). Midway through Haverford College, in 1916, he collapsed, mentally and physically. "Slipping joints" was prominent among his litany of miseries, and his search for osteopathic relief led him to Boston. Eventually he settled into Garrison Hall , a seven-story residential hotel in St. Botolph Street. Back then it was the sort of place where you could hire a room and a woman instead of having lunch...
...Crimson varsity, however, was just warming up. When Navy showed signs of fading just after the midway point, Harvard destroyed the stalemate with a dominant third 500 meters...
...Hanover, Harvard fell behind by 19 midway through the first half, but managed to claw back to knot the score at 62 and send the game into overtime. The Big Green edged the Crimson in the extra period, taking the game 73-70 and knocking Harvard off in the league opener for the second consecutive year...
Again Harvard went down big midway through the second half, this time by 15. And again the Crimson launched a furious comeback. This time though, the Harvard quintet had its student body behind it and felled the Big Green 70-67 in a thrilling ending that few will soon forget...
With the overall score tied at two wins apiece midway through play, the remaining players battled it out in pursuit of the five victories necessary for a team win. Four of the final five matches went to five games, including the two crucial wins by freshmen Jennifer Blumberg and Supriya Balsekar at No. 3 and No. 5, respectively, which cemented the Crimson’s stunning upset...