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Marion will be closely watching freshman Phillipe Bennett, who has not lived up to his pre-season potential, and who lost two bouts against MIT. John Willinsky, another freshman, will be waiting in the wings should Bennett falter. Marion said yesterday that while he had considered his foil squad to be the strong point for the Crimson when the season started, "we are the worst team in the League right...
...Harvard record now stands at 5-2, but the Crimson hasn't yet beaten a strong squad. With the meat of the Ivy schedule coming up, the squad must pull itself to the level of its pre-season propaganda if it hopes to be a serious factor in the Ivy Race...
Quackenbush has survived five long seasons during which his teams have won 29 victories and suffered 85 defeats. However, he still gives the same wishful pre-season speech to his squad each fall. "You should all give up drinking, although you may have a few beers after each game. and none of you should smoke--especially any funny stuff...
...election of Kidder, on a day further highlighted by the announcement of All-Ivy selections, was perhaps most predictable. Despite dire pre-season predictions about suspect Crimson defense and goaltending, he recorded six shutout performances and posted an impressive 1.23 goals against average. Kidder played a particularly vital role in Harvard's 3-2 double overtime victory over Brown for the New England regionals, stopping a supposedly unstoppable penalty shot. Inexplicably, he was passed over in the All-Ivy voting...
Harvard's hockey team chmbed to second in the latest national collegiate hockey poll on the basis of two impressive wins last week. The Crimson are tanked second behind the pre-season top choice Wisconsin. Denver and Michigan Tech are rated third and fourth in the poll of coaches, conducted by radio station WMPL of Hancock. Michigan Defending NCAA champson Boston University, trimmed 6-5 by the Crimson, is ranked sixth by the coaches...