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...through dropping LSD into his Scotch; another popular lie ran that Mailer had engaged in pre-dawn fisticuffs with this one or that. Styron, following his sobering experience, has initiated no further contact; Mailer wrote a note apologizing for "my tongue sticking to my mouth," and alluded to a subpar performance when I next saw him in New York. (These were exactly the opposite reactions I might have predicted of my two guests, which proves that not even a serious and analytical Harvard scholar knows everything,) The crowning blow came when I asked a young CRIMSON editor for his impression...
Tony Jacklin did exactly that. While everyone else was moaning and groaning, the cool little man with the classic swing was building subpar scores of 71, 70, 70 and 70 to become the first golfer to lead the Open for all four rounds since Ben Hogan did it in 1953. A native of Scunthorpe, England, who spent his youth hacking through heather and gorse, Jacklin felt right at home with the winds and wiles of Hazeltine. He was in trouble only twice, both times on the wicked 17th hole-a crooked par four that called for an iron...
...McCurdy and his squad often seem to take a "God Will Provide" attitude towards their meets. If Seals, Colburn and Shaw are hurt, Koerner will come through. If Koerner is subpar. Shaw will come out of oblivion to win. The McCurdy secret is depth...
Players who have been forced out of action during the past several games and who continue to operate subpar include high scoring Peter Bogovich, linemates Solomon Gomez, Jaime Vargas, Gerry Montero, Captain Scott Robertson, fullback Bob Gray, goalie Richie Locksley, and his substitute Jim Sawhill...
...frame) on an antiallergy diet that includes such entrées as buffalo steak and mooseburgers, Billy was converted to Mormonism last Jan. 1 and spent the night before the play-off attending a church "fireside" 35 miles from San Francisco. Next day he fired his fourth subpar round of the tournament-a one under 69-to beat Palmer by four strokes for the $25,000 winner's purse. "Ten percent of it will go to the Mormon Church," he announced. Sighed Palmer, who wound up with the $12,500 that Billy had originally been shooting for: "Ten percent...