Word: whoop
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After a relatively subdued first quarter, the Cayugans took control in the second and the third. Late in the second period, at 21:05, the Big Red's inside right, Tom Tappin, capitalized on a corner kick. Dick McKinney beat Crimson goalie Whoop Batchelder at 6:45 of the third period, and Hugh Fahs, substituting for Tappin, scored at 20:30 of the third quarter on a corner kick that bounced off two Cornell heads before rolling into the nets...
...part the Crimson was clearly superior, keeping the ball in Tufts' zone most of the way. The expected "first-game" mistakes materialized, but good performances were turned in by forwards Jon Spivak, Charlie Weiss, and Ben Goldstein, fullback Rick Drake, and goalie-captain Whoop Batchelder...
...Crimson's defense, headed by goalie-captain Whoop Batchelder and sophomore center halfback Pants Pantaleoni, will probably operate more smoothly than the injury-ridden line. But even so, Munro isn't worrying too much...
Neither team at this stage appears the decided favorite. Although the Crimson last year shut out Tufts, 5 to 0, Coach Munro has lost most of his best linemen through graduation. The defense, headed by captain-goalie Whoop Batchelder, will be Harvard's strongpoint...
Munro will thus be able to use the same defense that performed so capably last season. It is headed by Captain Whoop Batchelder, an outstanding goalie last year who never got the recognition he deserved, according to Munro, because he wasn't so flashy as some of the other goal-tenders around. "He just stopped the ball," says Bruce, "which is exactly what he's supposed...