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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Howard Schenken, 75, champion contract bridge player and theorist; of a brain tumor; in Palm Springs, Calif. Abandoning billiards for bridge when he was in his 20s, Schenken played on four world-title teams and won a record five Life Master Pair Championships during his 50-year career, as well as devised such now standard game practices as the prepared opening bid, the weak two-bid and the forcing two-over-one response...
...1930s. The performers belt out the songs, pushing each other out of the spotlight or fighting over dance partners in mock rivalry. If the mood strikes, they'll spring to their feet to tap out a furious rhythm or languidly drapes themselves across the piano--or the piano-player--onstage. He frequently joins in; sometimes the audience is invited to join...
...talent is not as widespread as the spirit. The squad still relies on a small nucleus of players to produce on offense. The Green Line--Sara Fischer on left wing, Tania Huber at center and Meg Streeter on right wing--has accounted for three-fourths of the Crimson's 45 goals. Huber (16-10-26), a sophomore from Rumson, N.J., is the team's fastest skater, strongest shooter and all-around best player, but she cannot do it all every game...
...racquetwomen, who finished the season with an impressive 11-2 record, were riding back to Cambridge in a van when they heard the tragic news that teammate Cynthia Stanton, the number two player all year long, had died in a plane crash in New York...
Stanton, age 18, was the second-ranked player on the women's squash team and one of the country's top players. She was the valedictorian at the Millbrook Preparatory School last year and the school's squash champion...