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...natural-born liar, a liar for a living." F.D.R. concurred. Joe McCarthy kicked him in the groin. Harry Truman ranked him among his top s.o.b.s. In fact, Columnist Drew Pearson was often misinformed and vindictive in the pursuit of his foes, but he was never intentionally mendacious. A courtly Quaker gentleman, he raked muck with a silver hoe-he married money and made $7,000 a week in his heyday-and set a pattern of investigative reporting and permanently emboldened American journalism...
Barnaby said that number two man Peter Blasier showed the most improvement. Against the Tigers, Blasier allowed himself to get rattled and dropped a tight match. On Saturday, he disposed of his Quaker opponent in three straight games...
...Quaker diving corps is led by the one-two combination of Robbie Craig and Bruce Knipe, who have been turning in impressive performances all season. Last week against Army, Graig swept both the one-meter and the three-meter competition with teammate Knipe placing second in both events. In the Yale meet the week before, the two divers split the honors with Knipe winning the three-meter board and Craig taking the one-meter diving...
Today's Harvard-Penn 2 p.m. squash match at the Hemenway Gym will be a pivotal duel in the Ivy League title race. The unbeaten Quaker raquetmen face a Harvard team that has won the Ivy title 14 times, including the last four years. Penn's last victory over the Crimson came in 1969, a 5-4 verdict. Harvard's Glenn Whitman, Arch Gwathmey, Fred Fisher and Steve Mead will place perfect records on the line today...
...factor in the Quaker spurt was John Engles, a burly 6 ft. 8 in. sophomore who scored eight out of Penn's ten points in building a 68-64 lead with 3:24 to play. At that point the Quaker center, who scored 16 points, picked up his fifth personal foul and was forced to leave the game. "It was kind of nice for him to foul out," Sanders said wryly...