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...traditional "Harvard method" involves building squash players from scratch. The classic example of the built-from-the-ground player is Vic Neiderhoffer, whom Barnaby coached in the early '60s. A non-player before entering Harvard, Neiderhoffer graduated in 1964 as the top-ranked amateur in the nation. However, now that players are getting four years of competitive squash in high school, the Neiderhoffer days are gone and the "Harvard method" is, as Panarese might say, "a dinosaur...
...Princeton, on the other hand, top high school and preppie players get the "free meals, free room, good time" deal for a weekend or two and, after the treatment, they usually sign on for the duration. All Tiger coach Norm Peck has to do is polish the trophy case. Presto chango, and Princeton is three-time national champ, leaving Fish and Barnaby's erector set coaching style looking at second place (or third this year...
...pounder missed qualifying for the 200-yd. freestyle by a fraction of a second but finished fifth in the country while the top four Britons went on to capture a bronze medal in the 800 relay in Montreal...
Thoughts of a Northeastern team winning a Beanpot in anything did their best to unravel the usual crisp attack of the Huskies at the outset. Northeastern found itself on top only 1-0 at the end of the first, thanks mainly to some spirited back-checking and occasional offense by Harvard...