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Final Club Closed After Recruit Is Beaten in Fight

High School Senior Required Surgery

He did not know of any similar fights in theD.U.'s history, he added.

Kane said he had not formed an opinion onwhether individual members were guilty, but thathe has confidence in Jewett and the Ad Board.

"I heard from [Associate Dean of HarvardCollege] Thomas A. Dingman '67 that two peoplewere placed on probation," he said. "I have faithin the disciplinary procedure."

Football

Recruits are usually taken to a club or two atsome point during their visit to campus becauseplayers want to introduce them to Harvard sociallife but do not want to risk being carded at alocal bar, players, said yesterday.

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They said that many footballplayers--including Hansen--are in the D.U. andthat it is considered a choice destination forvisiting prefrosh.

Football Coach Tim Murphy said yesterday hecould not discuss the matter.

"I've been instructed to refer all calls aboutthis to our Director of Athletics Bill Cleary,"Murphy said.

Cleary did not return telephone calls to hishome and office yesterday.

"There was talk of us getting sued formillions," fullback Brian Cohen '96 said. "Justthink about it: getting an underage kid plastered,then assaulting him."

Murphy told the team not to let futureincidents occur, players said.

"The coach made an announcement to players oneday after workout," Frantz said. "It was a shortstatement, just saying guys know what can happenwhen they get drunk late at night and they shouldbe careful."

"They told us not to think we're protected,"tight end Matthew J. Gargulinski '96 said, "thatwe should be careful."

One football player said that the incident cameat a bad time for the team.

"With Justin Frantz, our captain, getting adboarded for taking on a parking meter on aSaturday night, this couldn't come at a worsetime," he said.

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