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Springfield wasn't a better team than Harvard. The Crimson shot reasonably well--42 per cent from the field--and scored as many points there as Springfield--58. Harvard also out-rebounded the Maroon by 13 rebounds...
...Maroon was 17-9 last year and lost only one starter. Two guards--one a sophomore--do most of the scoring: Waterman and Clark. The Maroon captain, Ehler, leads the team in rebounding and tallied 21 points in the opener against Bridgeport. They play a man-to-man defense and a 1-2-2 offense--similar to Harvard's. It should be a close game, unless the Maroon is tired, playing its third game in four nights...
Roger Black, editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Maroon, is the editor-in-chief of the convention paper, and he already has a managing editor, an advertising manager, and the beginnings of a staff. The paper has an editorial board of editors of cooperating college papers around the country, including the Harvard Crimson...
...Mercer 35-J's new owner is Harry Resnick, 49, whose four-year-old collection of old autos in Ellenville, N.Y., is already up to 60 cars. To further fill out his collection, Resnick also laid down $37,500 for a sleek, maroon 1966 Duesenberg four-door sedan (body by Ghia), $8,000 for a bright blue 1924 Amilcar three-place sport model CGS 3, and $15,500 for a 1916 Biddie Victoria touring car. Bidding right along with Resnick was the biggest old-car buff of all, William Harrah, owner of Nevada's Harrah's gambling...
...bugging the voters?" Polls help candidates to identify their own negatives, and then change those characteristics that voters find unattractive. Taking advice from their pollsters, California Democratic Chief Jesse Unruh peeled off 90 lbs. to reshape his corpulent boss image, and Pennsylvania Democrat Milton Shapp discarded his maroon socks (but lost the 1966 gubernatorial race anyway). Candidates also use private polls to find out where the large and decisive mass of swing voters is located, and then concentrate their campaigning in those areas. Most important, polls tell what issues the voters really care about and how deeply they care...