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What was not anticipated was that Schramm would hit his head and left shoulder blade on the board during his final tune-up session Wednesday. Undaunted, the Westfield, N.J., junior took to the board the next day wearing a bathing cap to protect his bandage and eight stitches. Despite the injuries and a stomach virus, the end of the 11-dive contest found only three-time defending champion Paul Steck standing between Schramm and the gold medal...
Then during his final tune-up session yesterday, junior diver Steve Schramm (who captured two fifths in last year's meet) hit his head on the corner of the diving board. Eight stitches closed the gap on his temple, but whether he will dive for the Crimson will not be decided until he consults with doctors this morning...
...Crimson aquamen, the Harvard Band, the cute teenaged timers with their "Bernal's Gator's" tee-shirts, and the other entertainers that Coach Bernal has ushered onto the Blodgett stage, Saturday was only a tune-up for bigger things to come. Vols and Crimson Tide, eat your hearts...
...relax with the chauffeured Mercedes, apartments in Moscow and Leningrad and other luxuries his chess title affords him. But he may soon face another ordeal: Bobby Fischer, who failed to defend the championship in 1975 after whomping Soviet Boris Spassky, was in Belgrade, reportedly looking for a tune-up match in preparation for challenging Karpov...
...heavyweights, the Terrier race is an important tune-up for meetings with powerhouses Princeton and Yale later this month, in a season that points toward the Eastern spring championship at Pittsfield, Mass., May 14 (for the lightweight story, see below...