Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PRINCETON, N.J.--It hadn't been done before in your lifetime, and if Harvard coach Bill McCurdy has his way it won't be done again in his. But Saturday afternoon in Palmer Stadium Princeton avenged 40 years of frustration at the hands of Harvard outdoor track teams with an 89-65 victory that one would have liked to have captured on film. It was that noteworthy, if only in a negative sense...
...cold miserable rain had forced the contest from Princeton's comfortable outdoor courts to their hard surfaces inside and the switch proved to be to Harvard's advantage. The Jadwin surface was fairly similar to the Palmer Dixon courts where the Crimson had been restricted by snow and damp grounds throughout March, and Harvard consequently salvaged a split of the first four singles contests...
...weather should not affect the outcome of this year's match since all of Princeton's courts are now hard surfaces, and Harvard has been practicing on the Palmer-Dixon courts all spring. Today's weather forecast for the Princeton area calls for showers...
...positions to hold off Columbia for another year, but the bad court conditions will give the Lions a distinct advantage. Last year Tom Loring stole victory from the jaws of defeat by upsetting Ace Baumgold at number six, but with the sudden switch from the hard surface of the Palmer-Dixon indoor courts to soggy clay, he will have trouble holding his own at number four...
Radcliffe's tennis team opens its season today with a 4 p.m. match against Jackson Tuffs on the Palmer Dixon courts...