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...Wednesday, Ford again went through the motions of performing his vice-presidential duties, including a session with Navy Secretary J. William Middendorf and Admiral James Holloway. They presented him with a picture of the U.S.S. Monterey, on which he served during World War II. Interspersed with the routine were an urgent meeting and phone calls with Haig. Ford's staff members had been instructed to say nothing about the crisis, but some began to talk more openly about Nixon's resignation. "From any rational evaluation, it is bound to come," said a senior aide. Ford knew it too. That evening...
...Neff and Middendorf were aided by crews Steve Saudek, a junior, and senior, Clem Wood, who were spelled occasionally by junior David Tew and sophomore Chris Hornig...
...Middendorf, who is a senior, "sailed well tactically," Horn said. In team racing, the winner is determined by the combined finished of the four boats, and not by individual performances. This means that a team member often has to impede the opposition to allow another team member to improve his position. Horn said Middendorf performed this task "magnificently...
Harvard is rated fourth in the championship which is sailed differently from the team racing event. Neff and Middendorf will be sailing in different divisions, and their combined finishes will determine Harvard's finishing position. Each skipper therefore concentrates on sailing his own race and not on trying to help his teammates, who are sailing in a different division...
Harvard's chances are good, Horn said, and excellent if Neff--who was Junior National champion last year--and Middendorf continue to sail as well as they did in the team-racing competition...