Word: fish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most enjoyable aspects of the tournament is a chance to fish with French Canadian fishermen who sail the boats in the tournament. Most of the professional fishermen are tightlipped men who grew up in the nearby fishing villages and are now in their sixties. One exception to this rule is a fellow named Norman who Zewinski befriended a few years ago. "Norman's a little borneo," Zewinski says. "He has the hot rod of the boat fleet, a boat called Red Sun. One night we went into a bar with him and he ordered fifty beers...
...estate management part of the Buildings and Grounds Department when he's not coaching, is the old salt of the group. He has participated in the tourney for the past five years, unlike the rest of the team who are all relative tyros to the world of deep sea fishing. As Gene Purdy remarks, "I felt bad having to pull those fish out of the water." But Purdy's heart soon warmed to the task at hand and by the end of the tourney he landed an 11-lb. Gadus Callarias, known as cod to the laymen, the third largest...
Five American universities compete against five of their Canadian counterparts in the tournament. The U.S. was represented by Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, UMass, and Lock Haven State College. Lock Haven surprised the field by winning the University Cup for the greatest amount of fish caught. Over the three day period, the three men and two women on the Lock Haven team poled 1,696 lbs. of fish...
...between the bar and the sheer crush of it all--but something was definitely missing. The faithful had pitched camp, sweating in their polyester skins and listening to the too-slick band that played "Mack the Knife" too slow and then sprinted through "Stardust". But the scavengers--curious little fish that nose around a campaign for a few months and then, once the blood is spilled, turn around and feed off the winner, tearing off little scraps like state jobs and discreet kickbacks--they weren't there. It must be too long a drive from Dukakis headquarters...
...less amazement at its denouement, than most of the people there. "It's the middle-class issues, you know--tax reform, abortion, the death penalty--that's why we're winning this," he announced. I thanked him for his wisdom, and strolled off in search of other feeding fish...