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LOOKING AHEAD. A sizable portion of those interviewed, 43%, foresee a wide-open convention next month; 30% still suspect that the nominee will be selected on the basis of back-room deals. The voters split on the question of throwing support to the other candidate if their own man fails in his convention bid. Surprisingly, Non-Candidate Edward Kennedy, who might have narrowly won the race by taking equal numbers away from both Humphrey and McGovern, would be welcomed as a compromise candidate by only 17%. As for George Wallace, 38% thought his views should be given a place...
WHEN JOE RESTIC arrived in Cambridge last fall, fresh from the wide-open Canadian pros with a fat playbook full of tricks under his arm, many Harvard fans, thoroughly bored by a decade of John Yovicsin's dive, sweep, incompletion offense, breathed a sigh of relief. But their relief soon became boredom again in the opening game, as Restic's man-in-motion, multiple set offense produced a paltry ten points against a Holy Cross team that had not won a game in almost three years (a performance that looked even more pathetic three weeks later when Syracuse stepped...
...yards in six carries in the first quarter, but then Cornell discovered Harvard's weak link--the defensive secondary--opened up the Harvard defense with a few completions, and went back to Marinaro to take a 21-10 lead. A late game rally ended abruptly when Foster underthrew two wide-open receivers in the Cornell endzone, and once again an interception left the Crimson defeated by a 21-16 margin...
...greet Fritz as a masterpiece of satire, or even as a significant voice from the counterculture, is wishful thinking: Bakshi seems to have been as unsure of his targets as Fritz himself. The '60s, in all their wide-open absurdities, still demand a more pointed epitaph than this. It will come as no surprise to head comic fans to learn that, on seeing what became of Fritz in the film, Crumb asked to have his name removed from all publicity. Meanwhile, the movie, largely because of Fritz's bathtub scene, got an X rating, something of a coup...
...performance of his own, could hardly contain his admiration: "He's gone. He's a freak. That's what I told him. He might even beat two people. Beat their best ball. Nobody'll beat him. He could beat the Man Up There on a wide-open course...