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Castaneda's presentation of himself as Mr. Straight, it should be noted, could not be better designed to foil those who seek to know his own personal history. What, in fact, is his background? The "historical" Carlos Castaneda, anthropologist and apprentice shaman, begins when he met Don Juan in 1960; the books and his well-documented career at U.C.L.A. account for his life since. Before that...
Doctors attributed the cause of death to a coronary thrombosis in epee (Harvard lost the weapon 8-1) and an unaccountable blockage of the sabre-torial artery (Yale sabremen triumphed, 7-2). Even a recovery from a season-long paralysis in foil was an insufficient antidote to avert the Crimson demise...
Chief consolation for Marion was the Crimson performance in foil. Howie Weiss, who won three, Phillipe Bennett and Dave Fichter, who each took a pair apiece, completely dominated the Eli foil contingent. Gordon Rutledge's two wins in sabre also helped ease Marion's anguish at the heartbreaking reversal...
Marion predicts that the Yale foil team will be about equal to Harvard's, but that is really no distinction. Harvard has been inconsistent all year, and the Elis can match that distinction thrust for thrust...
Howie Weiss continued to be the most consistent foil fencer for the Crimson, triumphing in two of three bouts. Unfortunately, the rest of the Harvard squad was unable to keep pace, with Phillipe Bennett and Dave Fichter each splitting their two bouts and Tom Sharp losing two straight...