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...Draft Board Number 10 in Mount Vernon, New York, to register in 1972. I checked the conscientious objector slot with a mixture of pride and trepidation. Though the preliminary form committed me to nothing, I felt as if I had sealed my fate. Because I was born a Quaker, my religion provided an unusual advantage for getting approval for C.O. status. On the other hand, my draft board had a great deal of trouble filling its quota, and did not look kindly on conscientious objectors as a result...
...Harvard five came out running, easily eluding the Quaker man-to-man press. Poor shooting, however, enabled the Quakers to run up a 17-point lead. Hustling defense, and Glenn Fine's alert passing, brought Harvard to within six at the half...
Penn's height advantage began to show at the start of the second half, as the Quakers pulled away on to an 11-point lead on lob passes over the Crimson defense. Harvard again battled back, closing within four points with a minute left, in spite of the increasingly tenacious Penn defense. Bob Hooft did the damage for the Crimson, driving the baseline and challenging the Quaker front court...
Chuck Daly vacated the coaching helm of Penn to join Billy Cunningham and the Philadelphia 76ers and has been succeeded by Bob Weihauer, who will be assisted by former Quaker standout Ron Haigler. Penn was second in the Ivies last year going 18-8 overall. The greatest boon Weihauer will receive is 6-ft., 6-in. senior Kevin McDonald, the premiere player of the Ivies who averaged 21.2 a game last year...
Distraught after his 1976 squad lost six of nine games and failed to produce a runner with more than 257 yards, Quaker coach Harry Gamble switched to a wishbone formation and a run-run-and-then-run-again philosophy this year, and sat back to see what would happen...