Word: poloed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even some Olympic officials knew the name of the coach of the U.S. water-polo team, and it was days before Witteman tracked down Art Lambert at DeAnza College in Cupertino, Calif. The rowing coach, Harry Parker of Harvard, was reached on a phone in the Dartmouth College boathouse. "I have learned more about the Olympics in the past month," says Witteman, "than I ever dreamed I would know...
...been remarkable for radiant union, and the XX Olympiad, which begins on Aug. 26, is not likely to prove an exception. Bickering among officials has almost become a separate Olympic event. Squabbles among competitors are less common, though sometimes more dramatic. At Melbourne in 1956, for example, a water-polo match turned into a miniature of the Hungarian Revolution. The Hungarian team beat the Russians in a brutal contest for the gold medal that left the green pool streaked with blood...
Yale coach Ken MacKenzie, the only pitcher among the original New York Mets to leave the Polo Grounds with a winning record, has had to live with a line-up that would have made even Casey Stengel cry. First baseman Karl Lutz leads the EIBL in hitting with a .444 average and is .316 overall, but after that only shortstop Charley Thorne approaches respectability. As a team, the Elis are batting...
...Harvard Water Polo Team surprised quite a few Canadians this weekend by capturing fifth place in the North American Championships in Peps, Quebec. Harvard was seeded 17th out of 20 teams coming from every Canadian Province and several U.S. cities...
...heir to the throne of England drove to his Sunday polo match in his blue Aston Martin convertible with a smashing blonde bird in black slacks and a cream-colored shirt with the tails hanging out. Between chukkers, they chatted it up and laughed a lot, and then Prince Charles, 23, drove her back to Windsor Castle. Georgiana Russell is the name-the 24-year-old daughter of Sir John Russell, Britain's Ambassador to Spain, and Lady Russell, a former Greek beauty queen. Georgiana, a gifted linguist (French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian), lives in London and works...