Word: curleyism
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Seven hours after the end of the match Jim Curley said "my stomach still turns...
...last point of Curley's gut-wrenching 5-4 triumph in the tie-breaker of his third set against the University of Virginia's Harland Stone proved to be the one point that made all the difference as the Harvard men's tennis team opened its '79 spring season by beating the Cavaliers in New Haven...
Playing in his first varsity match, sophomore Curley dropped his first set to Stone 6-3. After Curley reversed that score to capture the second set 6-3, the pair traded six service breaks before the score reached 6-6 in the critical third set. Then, at 4-4 in the tie-breaker, Curley, unable to put away three previous match points, set a low backhand volley down the center of court which jammed Stone on his forehand side. The return landed a foot wide of the sideline on Curley's backhand side, and the Crimson had its fourth...
These sentiments outraged Mary J. Sullivan of Roslindale. The Globe should stop printing "cheap-shot letters" about "a man who had an illustrious and compassionate history." Besides, Curley deserved more than a river named after him. Don't do it, was Mary J.'s vote. Mary Sullivan Shea, though, was all in favor of the idea: "James M. Curley was a great man, a good man." George Donelan, a former Boston College football star (center and team captain, 1945), agreed in rhyme: "A fine idea deserving the support of one and all/ To the grandest mayor...
...Please, no more letters to honor that scoundrel and rogue who frequently exhorted Boston voters to 'Vote early and often,' " replied Jean Rogers, languishing in Provincetown. Curley was no "scoundrel and rogue," sniped George Morrissey from Newton. And furthermore, "The true exhortation was 'Vote often and early for James Michael Curley...