Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fans, the true students and lovers of the game, weren't fooled by this nonsense. Intuitively they understood that Fidrych was a ballplayer of the old stamp, the kind that played before the game took on the attributes of a big-money promotional sport. He wasn't another imposter like "Catfish" Hunter, whining about his next million dollar bonus. Nor was he a giant-sized "hot dog" (alias superstar) like Reggie Jackson. He played ball with spirit and enthusiasm, albeit a little oddly--with a sincerity that caught the fancy of all who watched him. And the fans flocked...
...around the less-than-ideal court at the IAB, and we can overcome the recruiting restrictions and freshman rule," he says. "But we've got to show there is support for the sport. When we open on November 30, we all go on the line: players, coaches, and the rest of the University...
What keeps the sailors from attaining the high-level consistency of Yale or MIT, both agree, is partly the white-tie-and-tails image of the sport. "People may think it's a very elite, high-powered thing, but it's really a very open thing," Horn contends. Gone are the days when the Ted Turners of the world would hop into their boats, still tuxedo-clad, after an evening of nightclub-hopping; sailing is now a down-to-earth, serious sport. Unfortunately hot everyone realizes that, and the fall crop of freshmen can't compare to the turnout...
...Harvard men's field hockey team trumpeted in a new era in the sport when they defeated UMass yesterday in what is, believed to be the first men's intercollegiate field hockey game ever played in the United States...
...toughest problem for the team will be getting adjusted to the contact aspect of the sport," commented Tania Huber, a prime mover in organizing the women stickers. "Most of the women are going to be gun-shy initially because that puck is scary when it's blasted down...