Word: smithing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Midfielder Michael Smith led the Crimson in the sparkling opening minutes. Smith, a superbly skilled player, had several runs down the center of the field that ended in either hard shots or soft drop passes near the penalty...
Moments later, the Harvard bench leapt to its feet, arms raised in apparent celebration of a Michael Smith goal. Smith banged a ball from inside the penalty area that appeared to go inside the right post. Miraculously, however, Coombs managed to tip it wide...
After Harvard edged in front, the Crimson bubble went flat. The scrappy, unskilled, and often slow Wesleyan side dragged the Crimson down to its level. Smith, usually the most consistent Harvard player, could not make his presence felt in the last 65 minutes of the game. Without his spearheading runs, the Crimson front four seemed unable to create goal-scoring chances...
Then, said Smith, Purvis ran up and ordered: "Back away from that man. I want to talk to him."Pretty Boy glared and cursed. At which point, said Smith, Purvis turned to G-Man Herman Hollis and said: "Fire into him." Hollis obeyed, said Smith, killing Floyd with a burst from a tommy...
...there a coverup? "Sure was," said Smith, "because they didn't want it to get out that he'd been killed that way." Smith, who was promoted to captain following Floyd's killing, said he decided it was proper to set the record straight now because, of the seven men involved, only he remains alive - and the truth can no longer hurt anyone...