Word: sweep
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What had begun as a Northeastern runaway had now become a legitimate contest. Needing victories in both relays and a sweep in the high jump to win, the Crimson put on a final surge. The mile relay had only two of its original members (since Bennet Midlo pulled a hamstring going around the first turn of the 440 and Dwayne Jones had hurt his thigh in the same race), but Ezeji-Okoye and Peter Rittenburg did admirable jobs filling in as the Crimson won by over four seconds...
Chicago netminder James O'Shaughnessy turned in a fine performance as well, stopping 17 shots in the first period alone, and 38 on the night. Only Crimson center Eddie Garden was able to score in the first stanza, diving to sweep the rebound of a Jimmy Griffin slapshot past the sprawled O'Shaughnessy...
...lightly, more lightly, and yet more lightly whirled the count, flying round Marya Dmitrievna, now on his toes, now on his heels; until, turning his partner round to her seat, he executed the final pas, raising his soft foot backwards, bowing his perspiring head, smiling and making a wide sweep with his arm amid a thunder of applause and laughter led by Natasha. Both partners stood still, breathing heavily and wiping their faces with their cambric handkerchiefs...
...diving, freshman Dan Watson set two new Harvard and Blodgett Pool records in winning both the one-meter and three-meter events. On the lower board, the yardling racked up 338.70 points to lead teammates Karl Illig and John Lightfoot in a sweep of that event...
Harvard's women's squash team continued to annihilate its competition yesterday with a quick dispatching of a hapless Brown squad in Providence, R.I. The Bruins managed to win only two games, allowing the racquetwomen to walk off with a clean sweep of the 15 matches...