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Before Weiss made this week's announcement, it had appeared that Provost Sol Gittleman would have to resolve the dispute...
...double-felt mats that serve as their playing fields. A jock with thumb muscles as taut as steel shot me a cold look from behind his thick glasses. There wasn't another well-toned muscle on his body, but those thumbs were the stuff of awe. Arye Gittleman's thumbs are the biggest and most skilled in the game. For those who don't know already, Gittleman--MIT '83--has a rippling dynamism on the double-felt that can only be compared to what Tony Dorsett does on the gridiron...
...Gittleman introduced me around camp. Winkers have nicknames, but not like Bubba or Moose or Sugar Ray. More like Blue or "L" or Moishe or Ferd. Gittleman then handed me a squidger (a large, thick chip used to flip tiddlywinks around) and said, "Kid, how'd you like to play a game with...
...became Gittleman's partner in a doubles game against Blue and "L". My palms sweated as I made silly errors early on, forcing Gittleman to make the tough shots. I tried to ease the champ's tension by smiling nervously and asking him why he didn't have a nickname. "My name is so weird I don't need one," he grunted...
...minutes of regular play, I was totally squopped-out under a horde of other winks. A girl in the audience giggled at my haplessness. But in the decisive four final rounds, Gittleman kept the game close with an awesome display of skill, squopping, potting and squidging amazing shots...