Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard raised the stocks of Alcoa. Kaiser and Reynolds considerably with their use of aluminum today. The Crimson lashed out 15 hits, eight in succession in a nine-run sixth inning, and five went for extra bases. Resident axemen Bingham and Mike Stenhouse continued to baffle anyone with an arm. Both went 3-for-4 while Bingham lashed two long triples. In addition, outfielder Charlie Santos-Buch extended his hitting streak to six with a base hit to left during batting practice in the sixth...
Earlier in the contest, the Crimson nine looked like they wouldn't need any late-inning heroics to win it. Starter McOsker had his roundhouse curveball in a groove, and the Jumbos managed just a wind-blown home run off him through the first half of the game...
After going three-up after only two holes, Himelman unleashed his assault on par. He saved par on the third when he socked a fading two-iron to within eight feet of the cup. He then parred the next nine holes. After bogeying 12, he ladled a nine-iron four feet from the pin for a gimme birdie on 13. He lost his chance for a 75 when he three-putted the final hole...
Raffi went around the back nine in an even par 36 despite suffering from competitive butterflies. He bogeyed 15 but came back with a birdie two on the 186-yd, 16th. His five-iron flew over the yawning trap guarding the flagstick and landed as slftly as a sparrow. He sewed up his 77, known as a Red Grange on the pro tour, by hitting another five iron onto the back of the heart-shaped 18th green...
...Marner sideburns. He was already a senior in 1877, having played his three previous years as a third baseman and outfielder. Tyng, however, made his reputation as a catcher and continued to catch for two more years while enrolled in the Law School. Tyng therefore played for the Crimson nine, or Magenta as it was known in those days, for six years, a record only equaled by W.H. Coolidge...