Word: shindigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Originally, the tournament was envisioned as a tuna catching shindig, but since its inception only four tuna have been boated. (The fishermen have hooded nine others, all of whom got away.) In 1964, George Deagle of the University of Western Ontario brought in a 703-lb. tuna. However, the tuna population has been on the wane in the past few years, and the peak tuna season comes two weeks after the tournament...
...Quakers will now go on to play St. Bonaventure in the first round of the NCAA tournament, while either Columbia or Princeton stands to receive an invitation to the NIT shindig. Final Ivy Hoop Standings 1. Penn 12-2 2. Princeton 11-3 Columbia 11-3 4. Harvard 7-7 5. Cornell 5-9 Dartmouth 5-9 7. Yale 3-11 8. Brown...
...only ray of light for the linksmen was a scintillating three-over par round of 73 by Spence Fitzgibbons, which qualifies him for the ECAC shindig on an individual basis. Fitzgibbons birdied the last hole, but Dartmouth's Joe Henley closed out with an eagle to take medalist honors with a 72. Fitzgibbons hit 14 greens in regulation, his only faux pas coming on the twelfth green, which he four-putted. anything close to their mid-season form...
...always-tough armadas from Tufts, Yale and the University of Rhode Island in the race for a season-end berth in the North American championships. 'It's a rough year in the Northeast," Horn notes, and with only three of the top teams qualifying for the year-end shindig the team will have to keep its sails trim...
...that's rich, Mr. President. Of course, we hear that joke all the time, but me and the boys hardly ever get tired of it. Now, this year's shindig will be held just outside Hot Coffee, Mississippi. We'll be easy to find, but I'll tell you how to get there anyway. You got a pencil handy...