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...strength of the team lies in the center squad, with last year's top four centers returning. Leading scorer Bob Kenneally (4-15--19) and seniors Mike Langton (4-10--14) and Rod Pritchard (9-4--13) are known for their aggressive, physical style...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Who Will Earn an Invitation to...... the ECAC Garden Party? | 11/11/1988 | See Source »

Harvard committed five turnovers in the first half Saturday, including four interceptions by quarterback Rod MacLeod...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Tables Are Turned | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

...score five times this year, but Saturday's game offered its own cruel blend of hope and disappointment. Down 21-0 late in the second quarter, the Crimson rallied to close the gap to one point with 3:42 left in the game when quarterback Rod MacLeod dove into the endzone from the two-yd. line...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Another Despairing Page | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

After quarterback Rod MacLeod's two-yd. run had pulled the Crimson to within a point of the Terriers with three minutes remaining, Harvard Coach Joe Restic believed there was only one way for his squad to go--forget...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Crimson Dog Days Resume, 24-23 | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...them. It's goodbye to the pound, the ounce, the gill (4 fl. oz.) and the rod (a quarter of a chain). But the furlong will stay because it occurs only in sports, as will the troy ounce (31 g, vs. 28 g for the standard ounce) because gold-bullion operations couldn't survive without it. As for the pint, the measure of morning milk and evening ale for millions, London hopes the Community will agree that it just wouldn't be cricket to abolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Pounds, Chains And Furlongs | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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