Word: players
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That evening Rogers meets with the hockey coach to review 82 prospects. Picking up the application of a defenseman from Canada, Rogers reads his courses aloud: "English, auto mechanics, consumer math, shop ..." He looks for the essay. There is none; instead, the candidate has enclosed his team's player program, listing goals, assists, penalty minutes. Rogers shakes his head and starts reading another folder. "Bingo!" he cries. " A's and B's, 600 boards. You've got him." Several "weak but still breathing" candidates later, the coach anxiously states his need for ten forwards, five defensemen...
Sixth singles player Greg Kirsch, also a surprise insertion in the line-up, lapsed briefly in the second set before going on to tool freshman Craig Hardenbergh...
Crimson co-captain and player-coach Roger Martin was jubilant after the match. "The fourth game was an embarrassment. We had to win the last one for the fans," he said afterward...
...Midshipmen, by contrast, make the most of their modest natural ability; they're consistently one of the best-conditioned, best-coached and--above all--most sportsmanlike squads in East Coast tennis. And the addition of freshman Dave Andrews, the top-ranked junior player in Hawaii, could be the spark needed to hoist Navy up from a mediocre sixth place (3-6) finish in the Easterns last spring...
Harvard's racquetmen handled Navy easily, 6-3, at the Palmer Dixon courts last April, and indeed, no player on the Harvard varsity has ever lost to the Midshipmen. Saturday's match should not be a problem...