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...Crimson play in the New England's next weekend. Then they ride into Princeton, N.J., the following Wednesday to play Jay Lapidus and Co. A Crimson victory would be an upset. But after the 8-1 romp over a Yale group that Princeton beat only 6-3, the Crimson netmen might, like Tug McGraw, be beginning to believe...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Netmen Sweep Singles Battles In 8-1 Slaughter of Bulldogs | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Walker, playing at number two, led the Crimson romp in the singles with his three-set triumph over Diaz. He took the first set easily 6-2, before Diaz, a strong baseline player with a fine passing shot although no net game, struggled to get back in the match...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Netmen Destroy Bruins, 8-1 | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson stickwomen gained sweet revenge in Providence this past Saturday when their airtight defense enabled them to notch their first-ever victory over Brown, in a 9-0 romp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen Burn Brown As Worsley Gets Shutout | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...when he gets ready to shave." Runyon's patented style, stilted formality mixed with slang, shone to good effect in Baseball Hattie: "There she is, as large as life, and in fact twenty pounds larger." In The Pitcher and the Plutocrat, Wodehouse turned the game into a society romp; a newly impoverished young man gets the girl and her father's millions by starring for the New York Giants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Green Thoughts | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...February 1976. With Harvard's then-awesome indoor track team threatening to lose the Big Three meet at Jadwin Gym, freshman Pete Fitzsimmons explodes at the end of the two-mile to win in a record 8:58. The team explodes and goes on a romp...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Best and Worst of Soldiers Field | 1/26/1979 | See Source »

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