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Although the Harvard team is rich in talent, spunk and drive, a lot of changes will have to be made before it can compete on Princeton's level, or generate the amount of respect necessary to earn a following. First, the team will have to address the alarming attition rate that plagues it annually. Ivy League superstar Norma Barton and sprinter Janle Smith are just two of the multi-talented swimmers who hung up their goggles this year to explore what Harvard has to offer outside of Blodgett. And, as the shamefully unupdated record board indicates, there are a number...
Then Kenny Singleton went North and switch-hit his way into the coeurs of Montreal, Tim Foli brought spunk to the shortstop position, and Ron Hunt leaned into every ball hurled his way, setting a new record for being hit by pitches...
...SIDE, face quivering with anger, eyes betraying his fear, stands a state trooper, leather boots up to the calf, white riot helmet, gas mask on his belt. On the other side, a demonstrator, mouth set in righteous defiance, shoulders hunching forward and back almost at once, spunk and fright in equal parts. The motorcycle helmet, the gas mask on his belt too. In between the two of them, eight feet of chain link and three strands of barbed wire...
...Spunk, verve, laughs, tears, death...
...pattern of the game then took over. The Harvard defense, which had been no less than spectacular before this game, just didn't have the spunk Saturday. Restic said the defense "didn't play with the same intensity it has in the past weeks in the first half...