Word: wings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Back are Harvard's two second-team All-Ivy choices juniors Kent Parrot and Ben Smith. Parrot's 18 goals and 25 assists gave him the second highest sophomore scoring total in Harvard history. The exciting junior has been moved from center to wing, where his great speed should show to better advantage. The burly Smith, who earned his laurels as a defenseman last year, will center for Parrot's line...
Smith played some wing last season and contributed 19 assists over the season, second high for Harvard. He should top this mark easily, feeding Parrot on one flank and fast-skating Crimson captain Dennis McCullough on his left...
...second line will feature center Jack Garrity and left wing Bob Fredo, who both pitched in 11 goals as sophomores last year. Second high-scorer Pete Waldinger normally completes this line, but will miss tonight's game because of a sprained ankle that has not completely mended...
Defense was Harvard's weak spot last year, but Weiland's shifting Smith and Demment to the line shows he has no worries. Bob Carr and Dennis Clark have shown steady improvement and provide size as well as skills Don Grimble, also a junior, has switched from wing and been very impressive in pre-season practice...
...reader does not get far into this book before beginning to suspect that it is a put-on. Who ever heard of the long-nosed bandicoot? Or the brolgas, which break into a wild, wing-flapping dance at the sound of a bell? How about the racquet-tailed drongo, and the mudskipper, a hippopotamus-shaped fish that likes to skitter across mud flats and climb mangrove roots? Or the mallee fowl, which assiduously builds an incubator for its eggs and keeps the temperature inside at a steady 95°, come rain or shine? Curious specimens these, but Naturalist Gerald Durrell...