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Though three other officers and ten smaller fry were also on trial, archvillain of the piece was Major Sueyo Matoba, a slim, mild, scholarly Jap with a sadistic nature which had won him the nickname "Tiger of Chichi Jima." Major Matoba had stomach ulcers; he also loved sake...
...Since the lean days of mountain fighting, his girth has increased considerably on the rich fare of power (and on sweets). He likes good eating. At official banquets, he serves whole roast boars, huge Polish hams, gallons of Dalmatian wine. Like his master, Tito's favorite Alsatian dog Tiger has also put on weight...
...past decade China's most celebrated political prisoner has been Chang Hsueh-liang, better known as the "Young Marshal." Son of fabulous "Old Marshal" Chang Tso-lin, who drank tiger blood and warlorded it over Manchuria until his assassination in 1928, the Young Marshal kidnaped Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in the fantastic Sian incident of 1936. Eventually he freed the Gissimo and surrendered himself, crying: "I, Hsueh-liang, am by nature rude and uncouth. . . . Blushing with shame, I receive from you . . . the punishment I deserve...
Though their colleagues were losing to Yale at New Haven, the three Harvard orators, Elton McNiel '49, David Funk, NROTC, and Monroe Singer '47, salvaged a two-to-one decision to defeat the visiting Tiger team...
Princeton is the only competitor tested so far this year. Last Saturday they trailed Pennsylvania and Rutgers by 24 seconds on Lake Carnegie. Not inexperience, but war-imposed inactivity plagues Tiger coach Deles Schoch, since his entire squad is composed of returning veterans. Dormant since 1943. Princeton crew was resumed last year on an informal basis...