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...sincere desire to clear the name of a friendly and honorable University official from an undeserved and undesirable title: "tamer of leopards and wildcats." Richard J. Browne...
...talk" to proctors before last semester's finals, Mr. Leonard did tell us to keep ourselves in the background. However, what effect that might have had was more than counter-balanced by his general attitude which was more that of a tamer of leopards and wildcats than of a supervisor of examinations to be taken by Harvard students. The assumption seemed to be that students cheat, and proctors are there to catch the criminal delinquents who are serving at this institution. Mr. Leonard's tone and attitude was insulting to me as I listened and realized that after...
...afield for a football coach to replace Howie Odell, who quit for more money at the University of Washington. The Eli choice: able, 300-lb. Herman Hickman, 36, the man behind the Army lines. As Earl Blaik's assistant, Tennessee-born Hickman was as proud as a lion tamer of his viciously charging cadet lines (he called them affectionately "Mah Rowdies...
...days later, Tamer was arrested in a downtown Detroit bar, and the story broke. Detroit police dropped hints that Tamer had "made contact" with players on other teams in the league. And it was no secret that gamblers congregated near the entrance of the Detroit rink before hockey games to hawk bets. There were lots of gamblers at other big-league hockey arenas, too, particularly at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens...
...expelled a New York Ranger hockey player-Billy ("The Kid") Taylor-from professional hockey for life. The charge: making a wager on a hockey game, which is an infraction of the rules. Campbell also suspended a Boston Bruins player-Don Gallinger-for associating with people like Parole Violator Jimmy Tamer, who wouldn't be mowing his lawn again for some time to come...