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The most hotly pursued vote belonged to Minnesota's Muriel Humphrey. Vice President Mondale telephoned from Hawaii to make a personal appeal to the widow of his political mentor. On the other side, Humphrey's Minnesota colleague, Senator Wendell Anderson, argued strenuously that she block the sales. On...
Martha Roberts came back in the doubles with her sister Sally to threaten the Dartmouth sweep once more. Playing the team of Awad and Wendell for the third time and as many losses, the Roberts duo was "really fired up," according to Coach Peter Felske.
Martha Roberts, Harvard's top seed, did put some kinks into the Green rampage. Roberts' effective use of the lob and her steady volleying fell just a tiebreaker short of capturing the second set in her match with the leader of the Dartmouth pack, Thayer Wendell.
Roberts spotted Wendell the first set, losing 6-2, before warming up and getting into the match. The second set was even all the way, with Roberts ending up on the wrong side of a 5-3 tiebreaker.
The Robertses were up 5-4, but Awad and Wendell, the Seven Sisters Trophy winners, took three consecutive games to grab the initial set. In the second stanza, the Robertses fell behind 4-1 and could never quite recover. They made a run for it, pulling to 4-3, but...