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...real heartbreaker," said Captain Liz Reid, "but it was still an improvement over last week." She added that the timing, quickness and endurance had stepped up since the loss to Dartmouth. Since fourth-ranked Yale only managed to squeak by. Radcliffe's ranking for the eastern sprints will advance a few notches up from ninth. The team plans to channel its frustration from the last two losses into power drills and timing exercises in preparation for the Eastern Sprints set for May 15 in Connecticut...
...loveliest expression of the season was Don Sutton's line in the Milwaukee clubhouse when the winning pitcher went looking for Shortstop Robin Yount and someone wanted to know how Sutton expected to locate a pip-squeak like Yount in the crush of these burly Brewers. "That's easy," said Sutton. "Robin Yount stands taller than anybody I've ever played with...
...most climactic game of the match proved to be the one that Harvard lost. A battle of nerves ignited the court when--after the score had reached 14-14--11 service rotations were required before the Jumbos could squeak out an 18-16 victory...
...night, the cell is asleep. The yard in front of the building is shrouded in snow and washed with fluorescent light. The barking of the police German shepherds and the squeak of the warden's shoes can be heard through the bars. There is no way of knowing what time it is: the prisoners are deprived of watches. The warden is making his rounds. A miniature walkie-talkie attached to his chest emits a muffled cacophony of incomprehensible orders...
Throughout the current campaign the Harvard men's basketball team has not been a stranger to the fast-paced excitement generated by a close game. But the team consistently has lacked the maturity to perform down the final stretch of a contest and squeak out a hard-fought victory...