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Loyal Park, head coach of Harvard baseball, did not begin his 1977 season with the proverbial clean slate, "Let's forget about last year" feeling that coaches are usually allowed after a sub-par season. Park, who had finished his first below-.500 campaign in eight years as head coach, went into his ninth closely watched by critics who deemed it necessary to malign the man when his team failed to garner any post-season honors for the first time since Park succeeded Norm Shepard...
...weekend into perspective, many of the ten teams in the EIBL (the Ivy League plus Army and Navy) had finished or played most of their respective 14-game seasons. To make post-season playoffs Harvard had to finish either first or second in the league, which roughly meant winning ten or 11 of its league games. Two losses over the weekend would dig an almost inescapable hole for Harvard. As Park pointed out, "The kids at this juncture saw in their eyes what was ahead of them...
...Harvard football players were stabbed, one fatally, when the team went down to Boston's red light district following its post-season dinner in November...
...record was set just last spring by the since-graduated Mike French, who garnered 20 post-season points to lead Cornell to last year's title. McEneaney added three more points later in Saturday's game to finish with 24 in the Big Red's three post-season triumphs...
...hardy souls braving the Cambridge smog for the sake of real maritime glory. For the Harvard and Radcliffe sailing teams, spring break won't be much of a break at all--just another chance to prove their mettle as they head off in pursuit of some post-season championship silverware...