Lions, Tigers Outpace Ivy League Cage Teams

Columbia and Princeton are moving relentlessly towards their March 2 Ivy League showdown at Princeton. Last weekend the Lions bombed Dartmouth Friday night and as we know beat Harvard Saturday.

Princeton edged Yale at New Haven Saturday after handing Brown its umpteenth straight loss Friday night. Both teams are now tied with only one loss and their upcoming confrontation is already sold out.

In other Ivy games. Penn beat Yale Friday but then suffered a shocking upset Saturday against Brown. Dartmouth recovered from its loss to Columbia to nip Cornell 67-65.

Harvard's swimming team put on a fantastic show last weekend against Princeton. It's a shame that the Crimson couldn't pull out the freestyle relay to win the meet.

The Boston Bruins are hanging onto fourth place in the Eastern Division of the National Hockey League despite the absence of injured All-Star defenseman Bobby Orr.

Montreal has been on an unbelievable tear for the last month and the Canadians are leading the League with Chicago. New York, and Boston close behind.

Celtics Trail

Boston's other professional team, the Celtics, are four games behind the Philadelphia '76ers in the Eastern division of the National Basketball Association. Larry Siegfried has returned to action after being out several weeks with a bad back.

The Red Sox have set up camp in Winter Haven for the start of spring training. Yaz is a little overweight and Jim Lonborg is still recovering from his leg operation but Manager Dick Williams has sounded an optimistic note in recent interviews.