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Perhaps Malcolm X's most enduring legacy to black militancy was his lynx-eyed criticism of the hand-wringing but hapless efforts made by black and white liberals to wrest from the machinery of American democracy anything more than promises and paper shuffling. Extremist in many ways, Malcolm X was most effectively extreme in sheer impatience. In his view, as one of his "blue-eyed" fellow citizens once remarked in another connection, "Extremism in the cause of justice is no vice...
John Reitz, competing in three epee bouts, won all of them by scores of 5-2. The weak Crusader team, however, did not provide the competition Reitz needs to regain his lost timing. The hapless Crusaders managed to win their one epee bout against sophomore Rick "Balls" Bargaro...
Died. Johnny Murphy, 61, general manager of the New York Mets during their phenomenal rise to baseball's world championship; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. A onetime ace relief pitcher for the New York Yankees, Murphy joined the hapless Mets as a scout in 1961 and took over as G.M. six years later. He helped land Gil Hodges as field manager, traded for such stars as Donn Clendenon, Tommie Agee and Al Weis. Perhaps most important of all was his refusal last spring to trade Pitchers Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman, who subsequently performed the miracle of Shea...
...Harvard track team took out its reading period frustrations on a hapless Northeastern squad last night, whipping the Huskies by a score...
...final round, the hapless Beavers lost seven of nine bouts. Their fans stopped cheering wildly and began thinking about next year. Cetrulo's opponent received some coaching from his teammates before the bout, but it was to no avail. He faced Cetrulo, and a few seconds later was seen on the bench trying to figure out how he had lost, 5-0. Tolbert and Scott Beckett both won by two touches...