Turning Losing Into A Science

Hey, at least it was close. Two years ago they lost by an average of 59 points a game. "Winning any single game at Caltech," Dow says proudly, "has gone from impossible to improbable."

Not that it made the pizza afterward any easier to swallow. "I thought we were going to give you something to write about," Carlson said glumly.

You get the feeling, with kids as smart as this, they will. As an opposing player--whose team had just slaughtered the Beavers--said as he shook each Caltech player's hand, "Now go cure cancer for us."

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