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SPORTS of the 'CRIME'

By Richard D. Paisner

My closest advisors said it was a mistake to reveal my method of prognostication before the end of the season. No, I said, Ivy League people are for the most part ethical; there'll be no trouble. And so, as you remember, last Saturday, I told all.

And through Wednesday there was no trouble. Then Thursday night I started my usual prediction-night ritual. To the Master's for tea. To the dining hall for another unmatchable Lowell House dinner. Back to the room for a half hour with Walter and Eric.

"Gasp"

I went through the usual statistical garbage, ripped through the telephone book, and then strolled into the IBM shower stall I-22 computer. "Gasp," I cried. "The nozzle is gone. I'm all washed up."

Which is what my roommate Bob has been saying all along. As befits the last week of the season, every one of the games could go either way.

Brown at Columbia

I am proud of my native Rhode Island. I am not ashamed that I grew up in the shadow of Brown Stadium. But Brown reeks. The only team in the Ivies which might allow itself to be battled by the Bruins is their opponent, Columbia. In my final appearance, then, I beg the Bruins to come through: Brown 14, Columbia 10.

Cornell at Princeton

Whoever would have thunk it? Both Princeton and Cornell so far out of the race that only one of the two, Princeton, has a shot even at the first division. Some day a better man than I will explain what happened to the Big Red this year; they had the material, but never clicked. Princeton lost a toughie to Harvard and then crumbled before the Dowling machine. The Tigers have enough left, though barely: Princeton 23, Cornell 13.

Dartmouth at Pennsylvania

If Penn wins this one, it will clinch third place for Bob Odell in his fourth year at the controls. For that reason, and not because I want to see Bob Blackman and his crew fall into the second division, I'll call the Quakers by 28-14.

THE Game

A local newspaper recounted this conversation between a newsman and Harvard quarterback George Lalich.

REPORTER: "Do you think Brian Dowling will be under unusual pressure because he has never lost a game he's started?"

LALICH: "I don't know. Neither have I."

Go get 'em George. With the luck of 17-15 for nine in a row.

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