Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yankees began four years ago, a quiet hysteria was developing last week. Before their unbelieving eyes, the tanglefoot New York Mets were turning into a team of superlatives. As they beat San Diego 5 to 3, at week's end the Mets were riding an eight-game winning streak, longest in their eight-year history. Their 26th victory against only 23 losses raised their percentage to .531, their highest ever.* The streak also propelled the Mets into second place in the National League's Eastern Division, the first time they have been so high in league standings...
...wins in a row, more than any other college in the country. The great thing about breaking a winning streak is that the team that loses has to start all over again. It is as though those other 16 games did not count, and Yale is beginning again, back to 1701, from scratch...
...Crimson golfers, fresh from losing their Easterns crown over the weekend, had another dream shattered yesterday as a strong Dartmouth team upset them, 4-3. This was only Harvard's second loss of the season, bringing a 12-match winning streak...
Crimson captain Bruce LoPucki places a 12-match winning streak on the line today. If he wins his match this afternoon and downs Mike Porter of Princeton Saturday, he will be the first Harvard golfer to go undefeated and win 14 matches in a season. He will also tie golf immortal Ted Cooney for most career wins with 30 victories...
...Crimson has not lost a match in over a month, and it is unlikely that the Indians, whose strong point is depth rather than quality, can seriously challenge Harvard's seven-match winning streak...