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...surprising upset at the hands of a strong Navy boat. The race, which, for pure excitement, was the best attraction of the day, was decided in the last 10 strokes of the 2000-meter course. At that point the Midshipmen sprinted past Harvard's fading JV eight to nip the Crimson at the finish by one second. Navy finished at 6:43.9 while the Crimson came...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Lights Repell Navy for Haines Title | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...upper class Spiro Battzokrs won a nip and tuck decision over Lowell's Bill Davidson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Pins Highlight Wrestling Finals | 3/17/1972 | See Source »

...roaring crowd of 75 at the IAB watched as Radcliffe raced to an early 10-0 lead. Leverett, however, finally broke the ice and battled back to grab a 10-11 lead. From then on, it was nip-and-tuck, with neither team ever leading by more than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Downs Leverett in Basketball Final | 3/9/1972 | See Source »

...free, the next event, Harvard's Fred Mitchell, a consistent performer all season long, came from behind in the final 50 yards to nip Yale captain Bob Kasting. The victory narrowed the Bulldog's lead to 15-10, the smallest of the day. But following Harvard's back-to-back wins, Yale began to pour...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Elis Dunk Crimson Swimmers, 78-35 | 3/6/1972 | See Source »

Behind 48-31 to a strong Penn squad, and seemingly out of contention, the Harvard swimming team fought back with two consecutive sweeps, a 2-3 in the 3-meter dive, and a bizarre, almost miraculous win in the freestyle relay, to nip the Quakers...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Mermen Win; Upset Penn, 58-55 | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

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