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Father Drinan is opposed in the November election by Republican State Representative John McGlennon. McGlennon is a supporter of the Nixon Vietnam policies and won his primary by a margin of better than 3-1. Father Drinan is also threatened by a Philbin write-in candidacy. Declaring last week that he would not allow himself to be thrown out of Congress by the "New Left," with its money and power, Philbin announced that he would seek re-election...
Newton, where Democrat The Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., dean of the Boston College Law School, is opposing Republican State Rep. John A. McGlennon and incumbent Rhillip Philbin, who announced yesterday he will run as a "sticker" (write-in) candidate...
...selection would be done by the fans instead of the players, the "dream game" suddenly became a nightmare. Customers, rightfully charging that several deserving prospects were left off the ballot, howled about "Bowie's boo-boo." Players complained about the "meaningless popularity contest." As it happened, a large write-in vote rectified most of the injustices of the ballot. And a poll of the players showed that they agreed with twelve of the 16 starters (managers pick the pitchers) selected by the fans. Though Kuhn may not have planned it that way, the controversy served his original intent: provoking...
...tabulated by computer. Trouble was, to allow enough time for programming the computer, managers and player representatives had to select the nominees last spring, which is about as reliable as trying to predict the Dow-Jones averages eight months in advance. Spaces were left on the ballot for write-in votes-but how many fans will take the time or trouble to spell Billy Grabarkewitz, a surprise .339 hitter on the Los Angeles Dodgers...
...Counting on It. Nonetheless, some fans are doing something like that. Especially in Atlanta, where a write-in campaign for Rico Carty is gaining such headway that Braves Manager Luman Harris predicts: "Rico will get more votes than anybody on the National League team." Carty is not counting on it. He has been snubbed more times than a door-to-door salesman. In 1964, his first season with the Braves, he hit 22 homers, knocked in 88 runs, batted .330 -and lost Rookie of the Year honors to the Phillies' Richie Allen, a .318 hitter. Last season, after...