Word: watch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Momentum in sports can be quite mysterious. Many things can affect a match, but how often does the beeping of a watch alarm turn a contest around...
With the Harvard men's fencing team trailing, 13 matches to 10, and epee Captain Adam Weintraub facing two match points, his watch rang out. After joking with the referee, saying he had to go somewhere, Weintraub went on to win, 5-4, and help the Crimson (5-5) pull off a spectacular 14-13 come-from-behind victory over Cornell at the Malkin Athletic Center...
...knew we were going to win when my watch rang out," Weintraub said. "I knew we were going to come back...
Weintraub and the Crimson can tell you it doesn't take much to swing momentum to your side. Even a timely watch alarm ring can do the trick...
...started playing when I was eight," Bernheimer says. "I used to go down to the University Club of Boston and watch him play. There really wasn't anyone to play against, so I just hit by myself in the dungeon courts while he played his match...