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...Minutemen won it in the bottom of the ninth, reaching Harvard freshman left hander Dave Wanger-making his first appearance in more than three weeks-for three hits and two runs...
...Harvard's lowest ERA belongs to unheralded Jim Curtin, a junior who saw action in five games and tossed to a 2.33 ERA. In Curtin and a corps of newcomers (freshman Dave Wanger is the brightest), Nahigian has pitching depth the hasn't had in his two years here. Along with consistency, pitching depth is an Eastern League must, especially with the late-season doubleheaders. The fifth and sixth pitchers decide championships...
Whatever their fate at Dartmouth, the Harvard skiers couldn't have worse luck than Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, working on the script of Winter Carnival with Dartmouth graduate Budd Schulberg in Hollywood, was fighting a touch of tuberculosis when producer Walter Wanger told the two scriptwriters to report to the scene for atmosphere. Despite protests, Fitzgerald was herded on a plane from California to New York, and as his alcoholism got the better of him, he boarded a train to White River Junction with much distaste. By the time Fitzgerald arrived, he was sick, drunk and sleepless. And during the next...
...hour later, Schulberg helped Fitzgerald out into the night where they were confronted by Wanger who was so disgusted with Fitzgerald's disheveled condition that he fired...
...tension had not subsided. Barry Wanger, State Press Secretary, assessed the incoming Manchester votes for reporters, and conveyed Muskie's disappointment. Wanger indicated that Tony Podesta, Muskie's chief New Hampshire coordinator, "felt that the Manchester Union Leader had a lot to do with Muskie's poor showing here." He pointed to overall state returns (48 per cent for Muskie at that time) as a more encouraging and accurate picture of the race...