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...Novelist Joseph Conrad, the Congo River was "an immense snake uncoiled" curving through "joyless sunshine into the heart of darkness." There was plenty of darkness in the Congo during the igth century "scramble for Africa," when Baudoin's great-granduncle, Leopold II staked out his monarchical claim to the uncharted Congo Free State. Leopold's rubber gatherers tortured, maimed and slaughtered until at the turn of the century, the conscience of the Western world forced Brussels to call a halt...
...Macs, defeated Steve Kay at eight for the first Indian win, but Geoff Ball came back for the Crimson and downed Tony Jenks in the next match, both contests going three sets. The varsity and Dartmouth split the last two singles matches, with Conrad Fisher posting the Crimson victory at eleven in straight sets...
Williams results: Singles--1) Bill Cullon (W) defeated Ham Gravem 6-2, 6-1; 2) Wally Jensen (W) defeated Alex Haegler, 6-4, 6-4; 3) George Kesel (W) defeated Conrad Flacher, 6-1, 6-3; 4) Brooks Harris (H), defeated Tom Bortnick, 9-7, 6-8, 6-2; 5) Howie Patterson (W) defeated Dan Mayers, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; 6) Maynard Canfield (H) defeated Mac Fiske, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles--1) Haegler and Harris (H) defeated Cullen and Jensen, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; 2) Bob Oxnard and Kesel defeated Gravem and Ben Heckscher...
...loss to Princeton, which has won seven straight this year, was the closest the varsity has come to beating the Tigers in over 20 years. Conrad Fischer, at three, turned in the Crimson's best performance, upsetting squash star Roger Campbell in singles and also winning in doubles. Ben Heckscher, at seven, and Steve Kay, number nine, gained the only other varsity victories in singles...
John Houk (B) defeated Ham Gravem, 6-2, 6-3; Alex Haegler (H) defeated George Kirkpatrick, 3-6, 10-8, 8-6; Conrad Fischer (H) defeated Nat Greene, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Brooks Harris (H) defeated Webb Ray, 7-5, 7-5; Dan Mayers (H) defeated Larry Waterman, 6-2, 8-6; Maynard Canfield (H) defeated Ian Sinclair...