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...started to yell and beat their tom toms in greeting to the Crimson's bus. The queen of the tournament with some of her royal court of Colorado College girls followed the Indians and began passing out cowboy hats and candy to the new arrivals. Thus, with the customary hoop and holler, another hockey team was suitably welcomed to the official NCAA hockey tournament...
Colorado Springs' plush Broadmoor Hotel finances the traveling accommodations of the three teams, gives them free board and lodging throughout the tournament, and provides the traditional Western hoop-la that the tourney affords. Although some feel that this is a publicity maneuver which does not speak well for amateur hockey, one observer expressed today what is perhaps the prevalent opinion of the participating teams: "Everyone has a good time, and besides, if it wasn't for the Broadmoor, there wouldn't be any tournament...
...talents raised them above purely local acclaim. The standouts made up an odd package of assorted shapes and sizes. Some of them: hoop. Hampered by a so-so team, Chet manages to shake loose an average 29 points a game with set shots from outside, or driving lay-ups. All season he has been right up among the leaders for national scoring honors, and despite his size the pros are already dickering...
...Laborites, cock-a-hoop with the victory, had won with 1) a more attractive candidate (capable Barrister Niall MacDermot), 2) a solid, close-to-the-pocketbook issue in a proposed Tory bill to relax rent controls, 3) a much better political machine. The Tories were inclined to blame most of their troubles on a third candidate, a Junoesque, right-wing independent named Leslie Greene, 31, who campaigned on "I have no faith in the U.S." She siphoned off 1,487 votes, the majority of them presumably from the Tories. But Candidate Greene was not the whole explanation; since the last...
...Sailor, Sense of Humour and Other Stories, by V. S. Pritchett. Saints, scoundrels and scapegoats put nimbly through the short-story hoop by a top critic (TIME...