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When it came down to the final card, and Army's surging track team seemed to hold an unbeatable hand. Harvard coach Bill McCurdy found an ace that he didn't know he had, and used it to nip the Cadets, 48-45, for the Crimson's second consecutive Heptagonal title Saturday at Cornell's Barton Hall...
With the pole vault results still out, and Army assured of at least two points there, the Crimson needed to place second in the one-mile relay to tie the meet, if the Cadets won the relay. Or if Princeton won, Harvard had to nip the Cadets in the relay to win the meet. It didn't seem likely...
Mangrum, back in the lineup after a two-week lull, shut out Tom Pietrowski. 7-0, while Faller came from behind to nip. Arthur Zeigler, 6-5, at 167 Zeigler is Springfield's top wrestler, and Lee had hoped that a victory in this bout would turn the match for Harvard...
...gaining second-place finishes in both the compulsory figures and the free-style skating, Petkevich easily compiled enough points to earn second overall, but not quite enough to nip Tim Wood, the defending champion and last year's world champion...
Senior Roy Shaw produced two spectacular comebacks to win both the mile and 1000-yard runs. In the latter race. Shaw was in a seemingly hopeless fifth place with less than a lap remaining, but recovered to pass two runners with about 70 yards left. He went on to nip B.C.'s Dave Walsh and Northeastern's Frank Kelly at the wire in a time...