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ALEXANDER FRANKLIN HERMAN GOETZ, 38, a supervising geophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif, is descended from scientifically gifted Ben Franklin. Though he is highly competitive, Goetz deplores the emphasis on competition in American life. "People in the U.S. are involved in competition for money, status and jobs and therefore are perhaps not as concerned about one another as they should be." Still, he recognizes that such rivalry enabled the U.S. to progress. "As Franklin said, you work real hard, and you are just a little bit better, and you're a success in business...
...Goetz is something of a pessimist: "The aspirations and ideals still exist in America, but we don't have anywhere to go." He thinks the poor and undereducated are trapped in a society where technology is reducing rather than expanding opportunities. Even so, he finds the U.S. "more tolerant of ideas than we used to be. We don't have a heavy religion trip laid on us any more, and we don't have the tyranny of the shopkeepers...
...move, ordering intentional walks issued to the next two batters. With the bases loaded, Warren Chellman delivered a two-run single, and a sacrifice fly followed that, giving Army an 8-5 bulge. Harvard's last-ditch rally in the bootom of the inning then fell short when Leon Goetz bounded out with the tying and winning runs on base...
...HEIRESS by RUTH and AUGUSTUS GOETZ...
Knapp refused to yield any further courtesies, however, limiting the Crimson to five assorted hits the rest of the way, two of them doubles by Goetz in the third and eighth innings...