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According to one gambler, Leverett House poker is "a family affair." Jock, who organized the game, went to Lechmere Sales last fall and bought a poker table. It is octagonal, covered in billiard-green felt. There is a small well in front of each player to hold his chips. The table cost $42, so Jock sold $6 shares to seven friends. Two percent of each evening's winnings are set aside for cards and cokes. There is a list of about 50 players and their phone numbers are tacked to the side of the table. Most of the players...
With most of the winter season completed, Holworthy continues to lead the race for the freshman intramural crown. The Yard's perennial "jock" dorm increased its slim fall lead to a margin of more than fifty points over second place Matthews South...
Their first formal encounter came three weeks ago over a 24-mile Olympic-style course, in seas so heavy that spectator boats turned back. An old hand at match racing (he was Gretel's helmsman in 1962), Dame Pattie's Skipper Jock Sturrock caught Gretel going the wrong way at the start and gradually widened the gap to 1 min. 54 sec.-mostly during the beats to windward, in which Gretel hobbyhorsed badly while Dame Pattie slid smoothly through the crashing swells. It was the second race, in smooth seas and light winds, that certified Dame Pattie...
...under the logotype, all was familiar, and the Trib's Jock Whitney was in Paris with his new cochairman, the Post's Kay Graham, to celebrate the combined operation. Their enthusiasm promised the international edition of the New York Times a fight to the death...
...design. Built at a cost of $500,000, the Dame has a radical rudder (broad at the top, tapering sharply at the foot) and a 92-ft. aluminum mast that is built in sections for extra flexibility-to keep the mainsail flatter while beating to windward. She also has Jock Sturrock at the helm. In unofficial competition with Gretel, Dame Pattie has been spectacular. Last week Skipper Sturrock spotted Gretel a full minute, was ahead by 6 min. 45 sec. after 15 miles...