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To Tell the Truth

Bassackwards

"Well Garry, I don't know anything about hockey and to tell you the truth, I don't really care. I'm disqualifying myself. What happened to the little boy who got bitten by the bat?"

I checked my notes. That was one vote apiece, one for Team A, one for B, and one for C. Which one was right?

"Will the real Harvard hockey team please stand up?"

Team A looked at Team B. Team C wiggled. Team B hunched its shoulders. Team A. slid back its chair. The camera panned to Kitty Carlisle brushing her hair. And then...

Suddenly the scene changed and I was whizzed into the press box at the Boston Garden.

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Wade Lau stood up, with 15 saves, an MVP award and an all-around spectacular performance in the nets. Bill Larson and Dave Burke stood up, scoring goals almost 50 minutes apart. Mark Fusco, Ken Code and Alan Litchfield stood up with some excellent defensive play. Greg Olson, Tommy Murray, Jimmy Turner, Phil Falcone--the entire Harvard hockey team stood up with a 2-0 Beanpot championship win over Boston College. It was Team C for the second week in a row.

I searched the stands for Bill Cullen, but so many people were jumping up and down that it would have been impossible to find him. He was probably still at the studio anyway. I underlined his name in my notebook.

Is Team C the real Harvard hockey team. Bill Cullen says yes. To tell you the truth, I really don't know.

Stay tuned.

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