Word: weights
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Other Harvard decisions went to Bill Zinn (145), Paul Padlak (167), and Howie Freedman (191). Padlak--wrestling the weight at which he will enter next week's Eastern tournament--pulled out his 6-5 victory over Fred Southwick with a last-second take-down...
What is bothersome in this passage is not so much the meaning Zeligs attached to Chambers' misrecollections, but the weight. Never does he give the reader a sense of the wildly conjectural nature of his evaluation. Never does he acknowledge that Chambers' errors could derive not from "a magical art of doing and undoing," but from an all-too-earthly had memory. The analyst will of course, contend that people forget and remember by subconscious design, but in specific instances a man's faulty testimony -- unless it fits a really obvious pattern -- is hardly something to be strongly emphasized...
Harvard will have to wait until the Heps next week to get revenge for that sole loss. The Cadets have what it takes in the IC4A's. They should cop first or second in both the shot and the weight, and Bob MacDonald, who has run a 4:01.8 mile, should grab second in the mile behind sub-four man Dave Patrick of Villanova...
...expected, Harvard dominated the weight throw and shot put but fared badly in the broad jump. Ron Wilson heaved the hammer 58' 6" to win in a Harvard sweep, and sophomore Benka took the shot put with a 52' 6" toss...
...only area where the freshmen are weak is in the shot and the weight, and there the varsity has four excellent sophomores. Freshman weightman Bob Teske may come along next year. He won Friday with a heave of 46 ft. 5 in., but that won't stand up against tough competition...