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John Ince had to settle for second in Ivy League scoring this spring. The fellow he edged for the scoring total last year, Mark Webster, scored 16 points in his final two games to go right by Princeton's Pete Johnsen and Ince with a final total of 31 compared to Ince's 27. But I'm probably more upset about it than he is. I told him last week that Webster needed six points to tie him, and Webster had one game left. Ince shrugged his shoulders and told me not to bother getting excited about it, in other...
...consolation, moral standards in Washington have rarely been higher than they are today. For most of the last century, many famous politicians were plainly crooks. During Andrew Jackson's fight against the Second Bank of the U.S., Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun sold their votes and oratory to the bank. In the Civil War, great fortunes were hatched from corrupt federal contracts. Early in the 20th century, the National Association 'of Manufacturers bought Congressmen and influenced appointments to key committees. Nothing since has matched the gall of Harding's Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall...
Meanwhile, sophomore goalie John Cosentino, making his first start, was turning in some nice saves in the Harvard net. Bill Bennett was also doing a bang up job of thwarting Cornell attackman Mark Webster, second in the league in scoring last year. Webster netted only one goal...
Next day, as a bobby solemnly directed traffic at one of the few major crossroads, Anguillians stirred themselves into a public demonstration. Webster, mounted on a motor bike, brandished the orange, white and turquoise flag of the "republic," and some of his fellow islanders waved signs reading "Brutish British Go Home" as they marched past the red-roofed school where the occupiers had set up temporary headquarters...
Dubious Victory. All foreigners, including some Americans, were interrogated. Jack Holcomb, a 40-year-old Florida businessman suspected of having undue influence over Webster, was deported, vigorously protesting his innocence. The Rev. Freeman Goodge, pastor of the Anguilla Baptist Church, was questioned about alleged connections with the Mafia. His home was searched, he reported. "They went through the chicken coop, even searched my wife's underwear and went through a new Bible leaf by leaf...