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THERE are a number of reasons why Alderman Tim Evans didn't win last week's mayoral election in Chicago. The biggest problem was pointed out by Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko, the consummate Chicago political pundit. "It boils down to what the late Mayor Richard J. Daley"--father of the new mayor, Richard M. Daley--"used to say when one of his candidates lost. The reporters would ask: 'Why did he lose?' With a straight face, Daley would always say: 'He lost 'cuz he didn't get enough votes...
Even though there are an approximately equal number of Blacks and whites in the city, many more whites than Blacks are registered, and Blacks have poorer turnout percentages. In order for a Black candidate to win, they must get a large turnout of Black voters and win 15 to 20 percent of white voters. Washington had done this, but Evans could not even get the support of the Black community because he was running in opposition to interim Mayor Eugene Sawyer, a Black man, whose supporters did not take so kindly to Evans saying that he was the one Black...
...EITA) defeated Penn and perennial rival Columbia last weekend in convincing fashion. The team puts its undefeated EITA league record on the line today against Navy (14-7, 1-4) in Annapolis, Md. Tomorrow, the Crimson travels to Morgantown, W.V., to face West Virginia (11-12), which was ranked number-one in the East in the pre-season...
...major reason for Harvard's success thus far has been the strong contingent of freshmen currently filling its singles ranks. Since the squad's return from its spring trip to California, Mike Shyjan, who is at the number-three spot, is undefeated in singles play, as are Derek Brown and Albert Chang at four and six, respectively. Chang and Laszlo Serester are also undefeated in the third doubles spot, while Shyjan and Cardi have dropped only one match at number...
...junior Roger Berry beat the Mountaineers' Brad Kelly at fourth singles. Kelly and West Virginia's sixth singles player have since left the team to join the professional circuit, leaving the team "noticeably weaker." Berry, who has done nothing but improve over the season, is now playing in the number-two spot for the Crimson...