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DIED. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, 77, redoubtable financier, distinguished diplomat, enterprising publisher and the epitome of a U.S. patrician; of congestive heart failure; in Manhasset, N.Y. The Groton-and Yale-educated scion of one of America's wealthiest and most distinguished families. Whitney used his entrepreneurial skills in a grand array of profitable ventures. In the 1930s he astutely backed Gone With the Wind and the long-running Broadway hit Life with Father. He also made early investments in Minute Maid orange juice, Pan American World Airways and several radio and TV stations. A moderate Republican, he was named...
...when a weaker but hungrier team from Princeton bested the newly crowned national champs in their home court at Hemenway, 4-3. Not about to be taken by surprise again, the racquetwomen showed why they belong on top by whipping a Yale squad gunning for an upset at Payee Whitney Gym in New Haven Saturday...
...NOTEBOOK: Yale's Payne Whitney Gym has been kind to the Crimson this season. The site of the Howe Cup championships two weeks ago, the New Haven facility has now seen Harvard knock off the numbers two, three and four teams in the country a total of four times all by scores...
...HAVEN, Conn.--"Patience, patience," the Harvard men's basketball coaches kept urging during Saturday night's game at Yale's Payne Whitney Gymnasium, advising their charges to wait for an open shot...
...HAVEN, Conn.--The Harvard women's squash team stayed on course in its quest to secure its first Howe Cup by defeating teams from Brown and Penn yesterday afternoon here at Payne Whitney Gymnasium...