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...Wilt Chamberlain, vindication was sweet. The most dominating personality and physical presence in professional basketball for the past 13 years, he had been stamped as one of sport's alltime great losers. As his detractors took delight in pointing out, in critical play-off games Chamberlain seemed unable to produce the same heroics he performed so matter of factly during the regular season. Although he held numerous individual records and honors, he had helped only one team to a national title (Philadelphia, in 1967). The Big Dipper, the knockers said, choked in the clutch...
Cornell and Harvard both finished the regular Eastern League schedule with a record of 10-4, to tie for first place for the second year in a row. Last year's play-off was at Soldiers Field, and Bill Kelley fired a three-hitter to beat the Big Red, 1-0. This year junior Roz Brayton has replaced Kelley as the ace of the Crimson staff, and he will be the starting pitcher for Sunday's game...
...Harvard baseball team beat Northeastern yesterday, 7-6, to win the BGL championship. The Crimson plays at Springfield today, but its hopes for another trip to the College World Series out at Omaha rest entirely on the outcome of the Sunday's game against Cornell. The play-off for the EIBL championship will take place at Princeton, and if the Crimson wins, it moves on to the NCAA Division I play-offs...
...Crimson will have another chance to brush up for the EIBL showdown when it plays at Springfield today. Over the past four years, Springfield has established itself as one of the best teams in New England, and with a record of 17-3, the Chiefs have already secured a play-off berth in the NCAA's Mid-Atlantic small colleges' division...
Harvard and Cornell were tied for first at the end of last season as well. Bill Kelley pitched a two-hitter in the play-off game to edge...