Because they were at Disneyland, the aquadudes missed Reggie Jackson's 2500th career hit--and Wolff, a big baseball fan, was furious.

"He chased me all around the parking lot screaming 'We're at the 'Happiest Place in the World?'," Branca recalled. His path to "Shmen of the Year" thus began in the Disneyland parking lot.

"The captains sat the top three [candidates] down on the couch. Bill Wolff then said 'Greg Beber, please stand! For [harassing the upperclassmen], you are...NOT Shmen of the Year!'''

Branca continued: "Then Bill said 'Nick Branca, please stand!' I was really happy because I thought that meant I had not won. I was jumping around saying 'Kyle [Enright, the third freshman on the couch], it's you! It's you!' Then Bill said 'Nick, for shooting vodka through your nose, for saying 'I'm not a 'shmen' when you obviously are, for making me miss the baseball game, you are...' I screamed 'NOT', but he said 'ARE' Shmen of the Year!'''

"I was naturally dejected," said the defeated Enright, "but when I saw what the punishment was, I was happy."

The punishment began when the captains pulled Branca off the couch, took off his shirt, and tried to write "Shmen of the Year" across his chest in red, blue and green permanent markers. "But in all the jubilation, it was impossible," Branca said.

All they could manage were random streaks which looked like the work of a drunken tatoo artist--but which definitely made Branca the most noticeable player in the pool the next day.

On Saturday against Dartmouth, the multi-colored sensation was forced to play the entire game as punishment for winning the award. "When the captains interviewed me [the night before], I told them if I was elected, I'd go out and score a bunch of goals," Branca said. "So I had to follow through."

Making the most of his opportunity, Branca "followed through" by scoring a Crimson season-high five goals, including a difficultbackhanded shot at the game's end.

But the most satisfying game of the season forBranca was the team's pennant-clinching victoryover Brown's "B" team.

"Brown's really obnoxious," Branca said. "Theysort of come to the tournament and try to takeover, with the attitude 'Okay, we're here. Thetournament can begin.' We had to show them theyweren't superior."

Harvard proved itself by humiliating theBruins, 14-4. The Crimson should get its fourthcrack at beating Brown's "A" team Sunday at theNew England Championships in Providence, R.I.

And now that the "Shmen of the Year"controversy has been settled, the outlook isbullish that Harvard can trample the Bruins