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The North American Tiddlywinks Association T i d d l y w i n k s ! |
Title: Newswink
Issue: 5
Date: February 1972
Type: newsletter
Author: Bill Renke, editor
Publisher: NATwA
Pages: 16
Production: 8 1/2" by 11" multicolor mimeograph, two-sided
Entered: 15 Oct 1983 by RWT
Proofread: Never
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TINTINNABULATION....
Like the sound of a thousand tolling bells at dawn, the clatter of
counters in faraway pots swells to a climactic din that heralds the beginning
of another Winking season. A gleaming golden squidger rises slowly in the sky.
Sunshine is everywhere.
CREDITS
Newswink Jim Marlin
Sue Shrut
Paul Mailman
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN TIDDLYWINKS ASSOCIATION
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NUMBER 5 / February, 1972 EDITOR: Bill Renke Price -- 17 rubles
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PHIL
BOONDOCKED!
JIM MARLIN: THE SEARCH FOR THE SUPREME DEAN (part 1)
Jim Marlin, noted MIT winker, recently spent 6 weeks in Europe. Shortly
before his return to "the states" he em[b]arked upon a journey never before
attempted by one so young; never before had one of so little note attempted
what many had only dreamed. Jim went in search of the Supreme Dean. Alan
Dean, it is written, is the Secretary of ETwA and the English Singles Champion
and the holder of many records and trophies. His squidger is believed to be
made of gold and his fingers precise instruments capable of potting winks and
squopping piles at great distances. How had Jim come to meet this great
legend? How indeed had Jim come to have the honor of playing against this man;
to share the same mat and pot? (cont.)
SEVERIN SQUOPPED OUT
Word just in through the grapevine (SD) tells NEWSWINK that Phil Villar,
expert winker and man about Hartford, has just been reassigned to Arlington,
Tex. Phil is a field service technician for Pratt and Whitney and realised he
was to be transferred. Phil's hope was to be assigned somewhere on the east
coast so that he would be within winking distance, but apparently the company
had other ideas. Rumor has it that Phil will unanimously become the second
member of NATwA's Closet of Fame at the continentals. Well, Phil, at least
you're in a big league city now!
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WELCOME
TO
ITHACA
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BOB 'N' BULL WIN AGAIN
Yawn! The 1971 Pairs Tournament was held in Ottawa last May and as
expected, Bob Henninge and Ferd T. Bull of Somerville emerged once again as the
champions. Playing flawlessly, they continually beat the shit out of everyone
they played, accumulating 62 points in 10 games for a whopping 6.2 points per
game average; the highest average ever recorded for a match. In second place
at 50½ points (cont. pg. 4)
[Page 2, Newswink 5, February 1972]
EDITORIALS
The atmosphere at the start of this winking season seems somewhat different
if only in that no one has voiced any doubts as to whether NATwA would thrive
again. But in spite of the optimism, one cannot help but notice that the
organisation has not increased in size. A couple of new entries have been
added to the books as possible starterd for this year, but a couple of old ones
may well have disappeared. It seems that the expansion of winkmania in North
America has reached a plateau similar to the state of affairs in the British
Isles (see SENOPOT) but, inexplicably, at a lower level of participation. We
have perhaps one-third the number of established teams in [an] area with a far
greater population than that of the United Kingdom. Perhaps part of the
problem is one of communication -- both the establishment of communication and
its maintenance. The idea has often occur[r]ed in conversation of a "Winking
Crusade" in which several winkers of high caliber would tour a number of
universities in order to promote the game and help to establish teams.
Naturally, this was never taken as a serious suggestion due to its
unfeasability in terms of time and finances, and also because one demonstration
could only result in the develop/e/ment of a team in the most exceptional of
circumstances. Obviously, a team can only grow with continued exposure to the
game of winks in its fully developed form, which implies either the involvement
of experienced individuals or the opportunity for the novices to take part in
or observe A-level tournaments.
Andy Tomaszewski
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I would like to explain why this issue of NEWSWINK has been so late in
arriving. NEWSWINK usually comes out twice each year, in the spring and fall.
Last Sept. Andy expected to put this out, but due to much other work he
continually postponed the publication until eventually, I has to take over the
task, in order to have an issue out by now. It may not be the NEWSWINK you are
familiar with. It does not have that special something only Andy can add, but
I hope it at least holds your interest. A lot of material is covered because
it has been a long time (10 months) since the last issue, so please excuse the
lack of depth in coverage of certain events.
Andy expresses his regret at having to resign as editor of NEWSWINK. (see
letters). Therefore, there is a position open for a new editor. This person,
whomever it may be, will be responsible for the next issue, due to be out
sometime in April. I hope there is someone willing to assume the duties of the
editorship. This person must be capable of writing and knowledgeable enough of
the game and its players to do the paper justice. If anyone feels they may be
qualified, please contact me as soon as possible.
The next issue of NEWSWINK is going to be reader oriented. I want everyone
who reads this to write me a letter between now and early April. Some of the
things you could write about include:
Tiddlywinks dreams you've had.
How did you get started playing winks?
What do you do in the real world?
Where are you from originally?
and anything else that may be on your mind about the game, the people or the
matches. Hopefully, all this material will be gathered by the new editor and
make up a substantial portion of NEWSWINK 6. If not, I shall again do it
myself.
Once again, please excuse the lateness of this issue and the numerous
typographical errors (my fingers are worn to the bone). I can only say that it
has been an enjoyable task; one that could have been done a lot better if only
I had more time and imagination.
Bill Renke
23 Atherton Place
Newton, Mass. 02162
(617)-332-4426
[Page 3, Newswink 5, February 1972]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The first annual North American Junior Continental Championships have been
tentatively scheduled for the weekend of March 18-19. Right now the greatest
likelihood is for 3 home teams and one visiting team. Blue Mountain has enough
people to easily field two teams, and now there's a team at the high school in
our district, presently composed mostly of 9th graders who played at Blue
Mountain last year. The only visiting team I'm sure of is Sid's team from his
high school in Rye. Sid tells me he has many students and a large part of the
staff at his school playing winks -- including most of the gym teachers and
coaches! He employs the subtle approach: he doesn't mention the game or try
to push it, he just plays it a while in some noticeable place and then leaves
it behind (with a rule book) and goes off, while the others start trying it out
of sheer curio/u/sity. It seems to work, but his players are still at an early
stage and probably won't be a match for Blue Mountain's seasoned veterans. I
am really impressed by some of these guys, especially Andy Lee. This guy is
not only a very good player, one who could play respectfully for a contending
team in NATwA, especially with some more match experience, but he is also the
most incredible leader and efficient captain. He is smooth, almost
professional in his attention to all the details of running a team. Please, if
anyone reading this knows of a team that might be able to come, get them in
touch with me. I really would like to set this up as an annual event of some
sort, and have a kind of junior NATwA.
Starting the team at school was very hard, by the way. The younger the
kids, the more so. For one thing, as the kids are younger, more and more work
ends up in the coach's hands. Another problem I found was getting some other
teachers involved. The suburban lifestyle really precludes anything as
eccentric as winks. When I had some of them interested, it was still
impossible to get them to consider having practices some evenings or weekends.
It just didn't mix with cocktails and ski weekends and visiting the in-laws.
So we met just one hour a week, like all the other "extracur[r]ic[u]lar" clubs,
so of course they were pretty lousy players.
One last comment. All these difficulties and efforts to get a team going,
among the faculty, then among the kids, and now most recently at the high
school, where I taught for a week and set up the team about 2 weeks ago, have
made me definitely agree with those who want to change the name of the game.
It is just such a useless handicap, and with all the other flak I've had to
manage, this was just too much. Also, with college kids there's a certain
amount of curio/u/sity and openness so that the derision has a chance of being
changed once they see the game. But at the middle school, and the high school,
the name was enough to gain the everlasting scorn and ridicule of 95% of the
kids, reinforced by a general atmosphere of putting things down that does exist
in the schools, and especially by a great fear of appearing childish.
At the Congress I will reintroduce a resolution to change the name of the
game. Winks, or even some randomly selected name would be acceptable.
Anything is preferable to spending half your time explaining what the game is
not, just so some characters can feel cool and superior because they know what
the game is really like and how false the impression of the general public is.
Severin Drix
Lake Mohegan, N.Y.
I think I'm still alive, but for purposes of winking I'm in a state of
suspended animation. It seems doubtful that I'll get to the continentals,
although there is a slight chance. I've had very little time for winking since
I've been working 36 hours a week, taking two grad courses in EE each term and
getting engaged to the most wonderful girl in the world.
I`d really hate to miss the continentals for the first time after all these
years, but I think I'll have to. Hello to all.
Jeff Wieselthier
Silver Spring, Md.
(sorry about the typing folks but I've been at it for 10 straight hours now and
think that I've just about had it.)
[Page 4, Newswink 5, February 1972]
MASKED MARAUDERS MASSACRE
The 1972 Western Regionals (since renamed the Ithaca Open) were held at
Cornell Univ. the weekend of Nov. 13-14. Due to circumstances beyond God knows
whose control, only two western teams (Toronto and host Cornell) were
present to qualify for the continentals. However, a band of ren[e]gade
easterners, traveling under the name of the Masked Marauders, appeared to do
battle with the best of the west and emerged victoriously victorious.
MASKED MARAUDERS CORNELL TORONTO
M1 Jake, Dean, MP C1 Dave-Severin, Bozo T1 Byron-Mel
M2 *, Mary, MP, Bozo, Pete C2 Fred-Bob T2 Lindsey-Wendy
M3 Bill-Jim C3 Bob-Sid, Steve T3 Roger-Steve
FINAL STANDINGS
Masked Marauders 77 1/3
Cornell 68 1/6
Toronto 43½
PAIR RANKINGS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C1 M2 M3 C2 M1 T1 T2 C3 T3
31 1/6 30 27 25 20 1/3 18 15 12 10½
Congrats to Dave and Severin for being tops
MASKED MARAUDERS (37 5/6)
CORNELL (25 1/6)
C1 C2 C3
M1 2 1/3-4 2/3 2-5 6-1 10 1/3
M2 4½-2½ 5-2 6-1 15½
M3 1-6 7-0 4-3 12
13 1/6 7 5
MASKED MARAUDERS (39½)
TORONTO (23½)
T1 T2 T3
M1 0-7 4-3 6-1 10
M2 5-2 6-1 3½-3½ 14½
M3 6-1 4-3 6-1 15
10 8 5½
CORNELL (43)
TORONTO (20)
T1 T2 T3
C1 5-2 7-0 6-1 18
C2 5-2 6-1 7-0 18
C3 3-4 1-6 3-4 7
8 7 5
* denotes forfeit or Sunshine as the case may be
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HYTH TRIUMPHS
The 1972 Eastern Regionals were held at MIT the weekend of Dec. 4-5, 1971
amid throngs of screaming yellow zonkers. After the long and grueling six team
round robin the dedicated forces of HYTHNLBTWOC edged MIT 'A' by the narrow
score of 211 to 206½.
Special recognition goes to Tim and J. Christ for being top pair with a 13-2
record and 79 points. Rookie of the match was Bonnie Freeman of Somerville
who, in her first match averaged better than 5 points per game.
PAIR RANKINGS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
MA1 S2 HA1 HA2 S1 HA3 MA3 MA2 HB1 S3 MB3 MB1 HB2 Mc2 MB2 HB3 Mc1 Mc3
2 5 1 1
79 76½ 74 70 68 67 65½ 62 50- 45½ 44½ 43- 39- 37 35½ 34½ 27- 25
3 6 3 6
1. HYTHNLBTWOC 'A' 211 4. HYTHNLBTWOC 'B' 124½
2. MIT 'A' 206½ 5. MIT 'B' 123 5/6
3. SOMERVILLE 190 6. McGILL 89 1/6
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(cont. from page 1) [JIM MARLIN: THE SEARCH FOR THE SUPREME DEAN (part 1)]
were Severin Drix and Phil Villar of Blue Mountain with Rosie Wain and Andy
Tomaszewski of Ottawa in a close third at 47. After the match, Ferd and Bob
were presented with the championship Pear by Moishe and then joined the second
and third pairs smiling and drinking homemade Rocinante wine out of tiddlywinks
pots, while the cameras clicked and the spectators drifted off. The tournament
was by far the most organised and friendly match in the history of NATwA. All
the credit goes to Andy Tomaszewski, who was so precise, that the final round
of the match pitted the #1 vs. #2, #3 vs. #4 and #5 vs. #6 pairs. CBC was
there and Ottawa newspapers and radio stations all carried news of the match.
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[Page 5, Newswink 5, February 1972]
1972 EASTERN REGIONALS - MIT - December 4-5, 1971
\HYTHNLBTWOC 'A'\ (211)
HA1 Sunshine-Mary
HA2 Bill-Dean
HA3 Carl-Naomi
\MIT 'A'\ (206½)
MA1 Tim-J. Christ
MA2 Bill-Mitch, Jim
MA3 Moishe, Dan, Pete
\SOMERVILLE\ (190)
S1 Ferd-Don
S2 Bob-Bonnie, Dan
S3 Mex-Gred, Bonnie
\HYTHNLBTWOC 'B'\ (124½)
HB1 Jake-MP
HB2 Beast-L, Allan, Mike
HB3 Mike-Allan or Ronnie-Scott
\MIT 'B'\ (123 5/6)
MB1 Fred-Paul
MB2 Sue-Todd, Dave, Scott, Ruby
MB3 Craig, Ruby, Dave, Jay, Larry, Ross
\McGILL\ (89 1/6)
Mc1 Sender-Norbert
Mc2 Stan-Harvey
Mc3 Oscar-Chris
\MATCH SCORES\
HYTH 'A' (34)
MIT 'A' (29)
MA1 MA2 MA3
HA1 1½-5½ 6-1 1½-5½ 9
HA2 1-6 5-2 7-0 13
HA3 4-3 3-4 5-2 12
14½ 7 7½
MIT 'B' (43)
McGILL (20)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
MB1 4-3 5-2 5½-1½ 14½
MB2 5-2 3-4 5½-1½ 13½
MB3 6-1 3-4 6-1 15
6 14 4
HYTH 'B' (35 2/3)
MIT 'B' (27 1/3)
MB1 MB2 MB3
HB1 4 2/3-2 1/3 5-2 6-1 15 2/3
HB2 3½-3½ 3-4 4½-2½ 11
HB3 1-6 5-2 3-4 9
11 5/6 8 7½
HYTH 'A' (32½)
SOM (30½)
S1 S2 S3
HA1 6-1 1-6 5-2 12
HA2 1-6 5-2 6-1 12
HA3 4½-2½ 1-6 3-4 8½
9½ 14 7
MIT 'A' (48)
SOM (27)
S1 S2 S3
MA1 1-6 6-1 1-6 13
MA2 1-6 2-5 6-1 9
MA3 4-3 4-3 6-1 14
15 9 3
HYTH 'B' (33 1/3)
McGILL (29 2/3)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
HB1 3-4 3-4 6-1 12
HB2 2 1/3-4 2/3 1-6 6-1 9 1/3
HB3 5½-1½ 1-6 5½-1½ 12
10 1/6 16 3 1/2
HYTH 'A' (45½)
HYTH 'B' (17½)
HB1 HB2 HB3
HA1 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
HA2 2½-4½ 6-1 6-1 14½
HA3 1-6 6-1 6-1 13
11½ 3 3
MIT 'A' (48)
HYTH 'B' (15)
HB1 HB2 HB3
MA1 6-1 6-1 7-0 19
MA2 5-2 6-1 5-2 16
MA3 6-1 1-6 6-1 13
4 8 3
SOM (40)
HYTH 'B' (23)
HB1 HB2 HB3
S1 6-1 6-1 2-5 14
S2 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
S3 1½-5½ 1-6 5½-1½ 8
7½ 8 7½
HYTH 'A' (48)
MIT 'B' (15)
MB1 MB2 MB3
HA1 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
HA2 6-1 6-1 1-6 13
HA3 5-2 6-1 6-1 17
4 3 8
MIT 'A' (41½)
MIT 'B' (21½)
MB1 MB2 MB3
MA1 6-1 6-1 4½-2½ 16½
MA2 5½-1½ 1-6 5½-1½ 12
MA3 1-6 6-1 6-1 13
8½ 8 5
SOM (46)
MIT 'B' (17)
MB1 MB2 MB3
S1 5½-1½ 6-1 3-4 14½
S2 5½-1½ 6-1 6-1 17½
S3 5-2 6-1 3-4 14
5 3 9
HYTH 'A' (51)
McGILL (12)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
HA1 5-2 6-1 6-1 17
HA2 6-1 5½-1½ 6-1 17½
HA3 6-1 4½-2½ 6-1 16½
4 5 3
MIT 'A' (52)
McGILL (11)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
MA1 6-1 6-1 4-3 16
MA2 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
MA3 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
3 3 5
SOM (46½)
McGILL (16½)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
S1 6-1 3-4 6-1 15
S2 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
S3 5-2 6-1 2½-4½ 13½
4 6 6½
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[Page 6, Newswink 5, February 1972]
LAKE MOHEGAN
Severin`s Fall Lake Mohegan weekend started on a sour note last October,
when only 7 of the originally expected 14 winkers showed up. The weekend was
to be one of the big events of the year, with seven major teams each sending
two people but by the time Friday evening had arrived only Sunshine and Mary
(HYTH), Bill Renke and Jim Marlin (MIT), Ferd (Somerville) and host Severin had
appeared at the small home on the shores of Lake Mohegan.
The weekend was spent winking, waiting for Andy, winking, eating pizza,
winking, waiting for Andy, winking, playing tennis baseball, more winking, more
waiting for Andy, still more winking, waiting for Phil, even more winking,
giving up on waiting for Andy and a lot of hitching. What more can be said?
Severin's Winter Perversion weekend at Lake Mohegan drew crowds from all
over North America, braking [sic] attendance records for perversion weekends in
Lake Mohegan. In all, Sunshine, Bill Renke, and Pete Copper all competed with
Severin for the title of pervert of the weekend which was eventually won by
Fred Astaire, who put in a surprise visit Saturday evening. A fine time was had
by all.
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LETTERS (CONT.)
Apparently, some members of the MIT team recently saw "The St. Valentine's
Day Massacre." After losing to a dedicated HYTH team they attempted to
eliminate one half of the championship team. As is the MIT way, they lost.
And why did they lose? It wasn't even St. Valentine's Day, that's why. The
facts are that they hired an assassin who drove his car into the car in which
Carl, Sunshine and myself were traveling. Although their insidious plot
failed, Carl, our devoted team leader, will be unable to attend the
continentals. The other two dedicated HYTH players escaped with head injuries
which will only slow the overwhelming thinking edge that the dedicated HYTH
team has. My proof of this plot is that the other player borrowed 55 c from me
to, (and I quote), "call some Rinky Dinky guy in Boston and get my $403.99."
In accordance with this charge and with the fact that the dedicated HYTH
team is the only sexually equal opportunity winks team in NATwA, I think that
the HYTHNLBTWOC as a whole be given the Yvonne F. Lukey Memorial Award.
Bill "Red Scarf" Gammerdinger
Philadelphia, Pa.
I agree that we should try to maintain better communication between the
winking powers on each side of the Atlantic than has been the case in the past.
It is, as you say, more difficult between people who have never met, and
cannot for[e]see doing so in the near future. An ETwA vs. NATwA match would
obviously help in this respect, as well as being tremendous publicity.
However, my efforts, as well as yours, to find a willing sponsor have been
fruitless. I will keep trying, though, and let you know if and when any
progress is made.
You invited me to submit an article for publication in NEWSWINK; I am
working on a rather long discussion of the tactics and strategies of
tiddlywinks, something about which amazingly little has been published so far.
Alan Dean
Secretary ETwA
At the moment (and in the for[e]seeable future) my work, studies related to
my work, and a complication of various other matters demand about 150% of my
time. That is, I can't seem to find enough time to do all these things that
take priority over my favorite pastime.
As a result, I feel it would be highly unfair of me to produce any further
NEWSWINKs in the hope that I might find the required time, or to take on any
other responsibilities of any kind. I feel the editorship of NEWSWINK should
be passed on to someone else who can do the paper justice although I am sure
that in the future I shall be submitting an occasional article for approval to
the new editor.
Andy Tomaszewski
Ottawa, Ontario
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[Page 7, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Letter from the desk of the Sec-Gen
Dear winkers,
As you all know, the 1972 continentals are but a few short weeks away. On
Saturday evening, the 19th, the annual NATwA congress will convene, at which
time many problems and proposals within the organisation will be discussed and
voted upon. Hopefully, the friendly atmosphere of past congresses will
prevail. This is an opportunity for the little known winkers to express their
opinions to the whole of NATwA without feeling inferior or neglected.
The following are a couple of topics I wish to have discussed at the
congress. Please read them over and discuss them among fellow winkers so that
the congress this year may result in a more meaningful collection of opinions.
At last year[']s congress, a rules committee was appointed to help resolve
all questionable situations that occur in some games. Many new questions have
since arisen relating to a set of standardized rules to be used here and in
England. They are:
1) The reduction of the 25 min. time limit to 20 min. NATwA is [t]he
only tiddlywinks organisation which plays a 25 min. game.
2) A player receives an extra shot for \any\ wink potted in their turn.
3) If any wink is sent off the mat in a shot the player loses a turn.
4) A player must, if required, indicate before playing a pile his
intended shot, and this may be challenged.
5) If a shot is illegal, winks remain or are replaced at opponents'
discretion - they are not played again.
The subject of players jumping from team to team has been brought up at
various times over the past few years, but little has been decided. Should
NATwA set some general standards on team eligibility, or should the present
"laissez faire" attitude continue?
Please discuss these topics among other winkers and be prepared to rap about
them. Thanks. See you in Ithaca.
Bill Renke (Ground Hogs' Day, 1972)
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HAVERFORD HIGH HISTORY
In December '68 Richard Pieper, a Cornell student and Haverford High
graduate, happened to stumble upon the '68 continentals, which by coincidence
were being held at Cornell. Intrigued by the game, he went to the local
downtown Ithaca Woolworths and bought himself a set of Milton Bradley Jumbo
Tiddlywinks. A few weeks later, during Christmas vacation, he managed to get
Ron and Mike Brachman interested back in beautiful downtwon Havertown. He
couldn't remember all the rules, so the three of them sort of improvised and
developed a game more dependent upon potting. When Mike Brachman returned to
school in January, he began to play in the cafeteria. Despite an initial
negative reaction by the uninitiated masses climaxing in fruit wars between
tables, an underground movement flourished under the leadership of Mike. By
the spring, the whole school had turned on to potting and the first annual R.
D. Pieper Memorial Spring Tiddlywinks Tournament of Champions was held with 32
players entered in the single elimination tourney.
The following school year Mike succeeded in making tiddlywinks an even
bigger and better activity at the school. The school's radio station carried
the finals of the second annual R. D. Pieper (etc.) and this time 64 students
were involved in the event.
Last fall, Mike entered Michigan University and left HHSTw in the hands of
Sue Shrut, a senior. But unfortunately the craze had begun to die. Student
apathy set in and the future of Haverford winks is unknown. By some strange
pregression of letters, Mike learned of the existence of NATwA, and before long
Haverford had received an unreadable letter from Sunshine and an unexpected
visit from Tim Schiller.
What has happened to Haverford winkers? Mike promises to get in contact
with Stan Perlo (remember him?) at M. U. and may start a team there. Sue Shrut
has become an MIT coed, a very rare creature indeed, and the half dozen or so
other known winkers are scattered all across the northeast and may be starting
or joining other teams.
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[Page 8, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Dear Rosie,
\FAME AT LAST?\
Broadcasting history was made on the morning (very early in the morning) of
Saturday APril 29th 1971, when the B.B.C. Radio 4 programme "Today" put out
live the first ever Intercontinental Winks match, between the English Champion,
Alan Dean, and Rosie Wain of Canada. There is no Singles championship of
Canada but Rosie and her partner Andy Tomaszewski are the pairs titleholders.
As one of the only two spectators to the final of the first English Singles
Championship, it is perhaps appropriate that I shoul report on the latest of
A.D.'s encounters again played under somewhat unusual conditions (the Singles
final had of course been played in the entrance hall of the UMIST Union
building).
The match took place in a small studio in the depths of Broadcasting House
with an audience consisting of Mick Still the (impartial?) umpire, one
completely baffled commentator, and myself (and about seven million listeners).
Fortunately the Canadian version of the game is very much the same as ours,
though across the Atlantic 25 minutes rather tahn 20 is the accepted time
limit. The players were also in agreement on the blue - green - red - yellow
colour order (unlike some people). One "killer" game had to decide the contest
in order to fit with the programme schedule.
Rosie started well, getting some good squops, and was also assisted by Alan
sending one of his winks off the table, but she was soon suffering and Alan had
gained control by the half-way stage. Several times during the game the
reporter, Dennis Frost, discussed the state of play over the air with Mick
Still, who explained that the object of the game was not just to pot the winks
(nor even to flick the counters into the egg-cup).
Alan duly went on to win the game 6-1 (the score was never reported on the
radio) and the two players then faced an interview with Michael Aspel. He was
sure it was unfair to have a match of a man against a woman, though as Rosie
observed, "Sex doesn't matter!".
Everyone at the B.B.C. was most friendly and kind and we were very grateful
for the chance to see the /w/akings of the corporation from the inside, and for
the opportunity to give Winks some nationwide publicity. Let's hope this is
the start of a new upsurge of interest in the game.
(Winking World - 19 July '71)
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Rosie Wain was named first Lady of Winks by the North American Tiddlywinks
Association at the Pairs Tournament this May, on the occasion of her retirement
from active winking. Her ten-year career, during which she served dedicatedly
as both player and administrator in three different countries (English, the
U.S. and Canada), was crowned with the Canadian Pairs Championship in both 1970
and 1971, and the Co-Secretary-Generalship of NATwA in her final year. A can
be seen from the article above, from the fact that she still presides over
Winks demonstrations to novices, and from her willingness to serve as the NATwA
ambassador to ETwA, it is evident that Rosie has not completely severed ties
with the game to which she has already given so much. It is for all these
things, as well as the enthusiasm and personality that endeared her to
everyone, that she has been nominated by popular acclaim to be the first member
of the NATwA Closet of Fame.
SInce the May tournament, Rosie ahs returned to England to stay. She has
enrolled at a teachers college in Nottingham and reports that she enjoys
teaching Chemistry and Physics to 11 year-olds each week at Humphrey Perkins
Secondary School in the village of Barrow-upon-Soar. Rosie also mentions that
the autumn in England is "boringly brown"; to compensate, she purchased a
bright orange mini which she considered naming after her former idol, Moishe
(Moishe the mini???). The former Moishe eventually lost out, however, to
CAROTENMOBILE.
P.S.: Dear Rosie.....Who was that "wishy-washy little tit"?
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[Page 9, Newswink 5, February 1972]
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
WINKING WORLD (Reprinted without permission)
\WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1971 ??\
The exciting possibility of a match being arranged in England this year
between teams representing NATwA and ETwA makes front-page news in this issue
of Winking World. Publicity and public relations director of NATwA is Bryon
Alexandroff, who is in addition captain of the Toronto club. According to
Bryon, the NATwA team would probably come to England in late of mid-1971, and
would generate world-wide publicity from its side of the Atlantic, as indeed
would ETwA. Bryon mentions, perhaps ominously, that they (NATwA) have not yet
acquired the financial support for such a trip but they are nevertheless keen
to knwo whether the possibility for a World Championship match exists.
Whether or not this does in fact take place in 1971, it seems that, in the
view of the healthy state of the game both in Britain and across the Atlantic,
it cannot be long before winking armies from North America/n/ and England come
together to do battle. And although I feel there is no danger of anyone over
here underestimating anyone over there, it is perhaps appropriate to
contemplate another sport that England gave the world, and remember what befell
her against the United States in the 1950 World Cup football tournament.
(Answer - p.94) There again, if England were to lose the Bombay Bowl at the
Congress next April, thereby losing the home international championship,
awkward que[s]tions might be raised as to who was qualified to compete for
what.
(Winking World - 18 Jan. '71)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Sir,
This year[']s Congress bore the Alan Dean trademark of 'less talk and more
winks'[,] a good thing but it meant that little thought was given to the
stagnating state of winks in this country and the fact that the last ten years
have seen no increase in the number of schools and youth clubs playing the
game.
The mass media were there in force and so, one would think, this was a
tremendous opportunity to fire the imaginations of the many millions of
potential winkers who don't know it yet. In fact, most of the national dailies
carried only a small paragraph about the event and no-one listens to Radio
Manchester anyway.
One reason for this could be the much lamented passing of the mini-skirt.
Rear views of young ladies bending over tables to take their shots always used
to guarantee a fai amount ofexposure - in every sense of the word! The main
reason, though, must surely be that we are all incredibly ordinary, boring,
common or garden people. We aren't idiots. We aren't mad. No, Rev. Shepherd,
it's no good trying to inject the game with something of the respectable
gentility of the boatrace; after all - how many winkers started playing,
thinking it was a serious game? Changing the name isn't the answer either.
Last year's Congress decided that the only better alternative names in order to
attract more people to the game were 'Sex' and 'Football', both of which, if
implemented, presented certain problems. For instance, the 'International
Rules of Sex' would almost certainly be banned and quite what the 'Prince
Philip Silver _____' trophy would be is anybody's guess!
No winkers, we're presenting the wrong image. We must be mad. We must be
idiots. Winks is a silly game anyway. Let's start treating it as such - at
least whilst we're under the glare of publicity.
The public already laugh at the game and trying to tell them they're wrong
to do so is like running up an escalator which is going down. So let's change
directionand then, maybe, more people will start taking to the mats, because
only if they come to realise for themselves what a great game Winks can be,
does the winking population of the country stand any chance of increasing.
Yours etc.,
Senopot
(Winking World - 19 July '71)
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[Page 10, Newswink 5, February 1972]
BOT
The first annual Branches of the Tree Tournament was held in April at Nestor
Stadium, Teaneck N.J. The 3 branches of the HYTH (Hark Yon Tree Hath No Leaves
But They Will Out Club) - Boston, Teaneck and Philadelphia each supplied four
bodies. The turning point of the match occur[r]ed in the 0th round when branch
leaders from Philly and Boston met and held a trade. Philly sent Shana
Bricklin to Boston and in return received Allan Fuchs, a chunk of salami, and
Boston's 2nd round draft pick for the 1972 season. With classical music as
clocks, the action proceeded, and le/a/d by unde[fe]ated Shana and L, Boston
proved to be the team most successful at accumulating points, narrowly
defeating Teaneck. After the match, Philly and Boston conducted a trade.
Boston sent Shana to Philly and receive in return Allan, its very own 1972
draft pick aod the remains of a chunk of salami. The reduction of the chunk
was attributed to depreciation of Shana.
BOSTON 31 5/6
TEANECK 30½
PHILADELPHIA 21 2/3
BIT
HYTHBYTE 154½
MIT 97½
The first annual Boston Invitational Tourney was held at MIT on the weekend
of April 25th. MIT challenged the combined strengths of Somerville and
HYTHNLbtwoc in what proved to be a one-sided match.
Bob ***** Ferd Gred BillG Carl TOTAL
Jon Mary L Sue Dean Nestor
Dan-Dave, Arleen 6-1 2-5 1-6 2-5 3-4 2-5 16
Christ-Craig 4½-2½ 1-6 1-6 5-2 1-6 3½-3½ 16
Bill-Fred 1-6 6-1 3-4 6-1 1½-5½ 1-6 18½
Tim-Paul 2-5 6-1 1-6 3-4 5-2 4-3 21
Moishe-Rich 2-5 1-6 2-5 3-4 1-6 1-6 10
Jim-Allan, Mike 1-6 6-1 1-6 1-6 6-1 1-6 16
25½ 20 33 22 24½ 29½
................................................................................
HOTT
HALLOWEEN OPEN TEAMS TOURNEY
When 48 winkers gather together on the day before Halloween to play winks,
what more can be said?
TOP INDIVIDUALS
Name W-L Points
Jake 6-0 36
Phil 6-0 33
Bill 5-1 32½
Todd 5-1 32½
Moishe 6-0 32
Pete 6-0 32
Sunshine 5-1 29
Mary 5-1 29
HYTH RIV MITBL MITRD SOM MIS BLMTN TOTAL
HYTHNLBTWOC ----- 11 11 15 12 8 17½ 74½
RIVENDELL 10 ----- 10½ 13 8 14 17 72½
MIT BLUE 10 10½ ----- 9 13 8 18 68½
MIT RED 6 8 12 ----- 10 17½ 14 67½
SOMERVILLE 9 13 8 11 ----- 8 17 66
MISCELLANEOUS 13 7 13 3½ 13 ----- 16 65½
BLUE MOUNTAIN 3½ 4 3 7 4 5 ----- 26½
P.S. Severin wanted me to tell everyone that he played the worst game of his
entire life against Moishe in this match. Consider it told.
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[Page 11, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Ask Andy
Dear Andy,
I am a poor, small, very flat red wink who can't seem to find anyone to
squop with. No one in Flatland seems to understand what squopping is.
Recently I met a big handsome blue squidger from Sphereland who has helped me
overcome my problem, but I just can't get squopped enough. He told me that
what I really need to do is put on some weight and go to an orgy, where lots
and lots of winks get squopped, but I seem unable to put on the necessary
weight or even find out when the next tiddlywinks orgy will take place. He
told me that you may be able to help. Please help! I am desp[e]rate.
Hazel
P.S. Why don't you come up and quop me sometime? You won't be sorry.
Dear Hazel,
I just may do that.
Andy
Dear Andy,
In a game recently, I exploded a very large pile which resulted in all
twelve of our opponents['] winks squopping each other, and leaving all 12 of
our winks free. Since our opponents were squopped out we received 12 free
turns. But how can we free them if we are not squopping them? Must we waste a
free turn squopping them so we can free them or do we just move one of their
winks aside after the turns are over or what?
Son of Captain Nemo
Dear Junior,
I dunno.
Andy
Dear Andy,
Help! All my friends think I'm crazy when I tell them I scored 12 1/6
points in two games last week. I was playing with A. C. Dent against Joe Hill
and Wobbley last Tuesday, when in the first game A. C. potted out and Wobbley
and I each had one wink left to pot. It was my turn and when I shot my wink it
hit Wobbley's and both bounced into the pot. Now A. C. got 4 pts. for first
and the two-way tie for second got us another 1½ pts. Adding in the 1 pt.
transfer gave us a 6½ - ½ pt. victory. In the second game A. C., Joe, and
I each potted 5 winks with our last ones involved in a pile with me on top. I
managed to pot all 3 of our winks in the same turn, thus ending the game.
Since the three of us tied for first A. C. and I received 4 2/3 pts. plus the 1
pt. transfer for a 5 2/3 - 1 1/3 pt. victory. Do you believe me? A. C., Joe
and Wobbley refuse to comment on the games and they're tryin[g] to convince me
it was all a bad dream, but I know it really happened.
Yvonne
Dear Yvonne,
Why don't you pair up with Captain Nemo's son. You'd be deadly.
Andy
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[Page 12, Newswink 5, February 1972]
SCHILLER SHATTERS SQUIDGER
\WELL-KNOWN WINKER WRITHES IN WRATHFUL WOE\
Cambridge (BR) -- On Saturday, September 24, 1971 at 10:30 PM Tim Schiller,
MITwA [sic] Captain accomplished the impossible. Playing a four-color game
against Bill Renke, he was in the process of blitzing his opponent when after
having potted two winks, missed his third, landing it within half a wink of
enemy blue. Engrossed with rage, he hurled his famous red squidger at the
nearest brick wall and watched in disbelief as it proceeded to shatter into a
half-dozen pieces. Weakened by the occur[r]ence, he completed the game under
great distress and fell to his sympathetic opponent by the score of 5½ - 1½.
Asked after the game if he had a few words for the press, he stated,
"#6XPfT#%! Do you realize I've had that grainy red squidger for four years
now? I've thrown it hundreds of times and not once has it even chipped. I
guess I'm going to have to find myself another squidger."
But the question remains: Will Tim call his new squidger Andy?
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\CARS\
"Andy", being Ferd's truck and having caused him great distress by refusing to
run has been adopted by the Bobs. As Rosie called her former Volkswagon [sic]
"Bob", we are hoping they will consider calling the truck "Rosie".
Mea[n]while, Andy's "Ferd de Ford" probably has less than a year to live, and
he is hoping within that time to befriend a deep-purple Volkswagon [sic] which
he will call "Purple Floynk", after Pink Floyd. He says, "It's going to be an
Atom-Hearted Mother with a four-speed Ummagumma!!... but they all become Relics
in the end." As do we all.
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AWARDS
The annual A. C. DENT Memorial Award this year goes to Sunshine, Bill
Gammerdinger, and Carl Chenkin for their great perform[a]nce on the evening of
Dec. 5th. While driving through Hackensack, N.J. they managed to get squopped
from behind[,] forced into the guard rail and without the least bit of strain,
Bill and Carl managed to violently squidge themselves a total of some 72 feet
from the car. As expected, Sunshine slept through the entire event.
The YVONNE F. LUKEY OF THE YEAR Award goes to Andy Tomaszewski for craftily
being lost for the last nine months, during which time he missed two
tournaments he promised to attend and postponed the publication of this issue
at least three times. We, the forgetful people of the world, salute you Andy!
The Suzy Homemaker Winkbread of the Year Award will be presented by last
year[']s winner, iced-unsliced raisin bread at the continentals in Ithaca next
month. For those of you interested in baking a loaf.....
4 eggs 3½ cups flour (whole wheat)
3 cups sugar 2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup oil 1½ tsp. salt
1/3 cup water 1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups pumpkin 2/3 box raisins
½ tsp. (approx.) nutmeg, ginger, cloves, pumpkin spice
Mix well in above. Bake 1½ hours at 350 degrees or until done.
Makes two loaves.
(For those of you who don't know what you're making, some call it Pumpkin
Bread.)
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[Page 13, Newswink 5, February 1972]
STATISTICS + RECORDS
Since the Cornell-MIT-Harvard triangular match of February '67, 19 matches
consisting of 1124 tournament games have been played in North America. The
people responsible for producing the following collection of useless facts are
Severin, Sunshine, and Bill Renke. Do unto them whatever you wish, but
remember, an IBM 360 is watching you.
\RELATIVE GAME SCORE FREQUENCY\
SCORE NUMBER PERCENT
6-1 571 50.8
4-3 180 16.0
5-2 179 15.9
7-0 77 6.9
5½-1½ 68 6.0
4½-2½ 30 2.7
3½-3½ 10 0.9
4 2/3-2 1/3 9 0.8
\GAMES PLAYED\
1 Ferd 127
2 ***** 127
3 Bob 126
4 Severin 100
\WINS\
1 Ferd 103
2 Bob 100
3 ***** 89
4 Severin 66
\POINTS\
1 Ferd 643 1/6
2 Bob 632
3 ***** 548 1/6
4 Severin 425 1/6
\POINTS/GAME\
1 Phil 5.08
2 Ferd 5.07
3 Bob 5.02
4 Tim 4.81
An interesting statistic first noticed at the BIT last April, implies that a
team's scoring performance is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep it
received the night before. HYTHBYTE scored 61% of the points, but only got 36%
of the sleep. At the HOTT in October similar relationships were also observed
(Seenext issue for fun-packed formulars [sic]).
\SUNSHINE POTTING RECORDS\
small winks
2 in. 996 / 1000 = 99.6%
4 in. 497 / 500 = 99.4
6 in. 946 / 1000 = 94.6
7½ in. 451 / 500 = 90.2
9 in. 425 / 500 = 85.0
12 in. 316 / 500 = 63.2
15 in. 45 / 100 = 45.0
Most consecutive winks potted - 332 (2")
Most consecutive squidgers potted
individual - Bill Renke - 50
Longest gromp - Bill Gammerdinger and Carl Chenkin - 72 feet
Longest winning streak
individual - Tim Schiller - 24 games
pair - Jeff and Sunshine - 20 games
Longest game
Dean Solomon and Bill Gammerdinger
vs. Bill Renke and Jim Marlin - 93 min.
01234567890123456789012345678901234567890
\THE ORDER OF THE COLOURS\
An original poem(?) by Andy Tomaszewski
Blue and green and red and yellow,
Each is a congenial fellow;
Green and red and yellow and blue,
They are all companions true;
Red and yellow and blue and green,
They're always nice and never mean;
Yellow and blue and green and red,
Love and friendship here are bred;
Blue and green and red and .....
SQUOPPED ! ! !
You son of a bitch.
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[Page 14, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Tiddlywinks Man-on-the-Street Contest
the question, to wit, namely...."What I like most about Tiddlywinks"
(in twenty-five minutes or less)
The list of responses:
1. I don't know.
2. The inherent winkness of it all.
3. When a group of winkers get together, it gives them something to do.
4. Visiting strange places.
5. The funny names of the players.
6. Our benign dictator.
7. Ronald Rumm.
8. In tests at leading colleges, Tiddlywinks has been shown to be a highly
safe yet significantly effective method of contraception.
9. It has the same colors as the twister board.
10. It leaves me in sti[t]ches.
11. I feel censored.
12. The way people react when you tell them you play tiddlywinks.
13. I might set upon cooking myself some peas.
14. Actually, that's a hard question. I suppose it fills a need I have' so you
could say I like tiddlywinks because....and because it's cheaper.
15. It teaches me to alphabetize the colors.
16. I don't....
17. It is the ultimate equalizer.
The men and women who were on the street at the time the question was asked,
and who answered decently include:
1. Rabbit
2. Hensley
3. The Sot
4. Mary
5. Sunshine
6. Slick
7. MP
8. Scott
9. Bill "Red Scarf" Gammerdinger
10. Bob Henninge
11. Bill Renke
12. Dean
13. Mary again
14. Sunshine's partner
15. Solomon
16. M. Kirman
17. Jim Marlin
Instructions to the general populace:
Match the names in the human being column (above, not intended to be
exclusive or inclusive) to the quotations in the column on the left [above], as
best you can. Score yourself as follows:
0-2 incompetent
3-6 inconsistent
7-10 competent
11-14 caliber
15-17 superstar
18+ Jude
What to do with a little space left over...I dunno
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
RESULTS: PAIRS TOURNEY
Ottawa, May 2-3, 1971
\POS\ \PAIR\ \1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL\
1 Ferd T. Bull-Bob Henninge - 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 6 62
2 Severin Drix-Phil Villar 1 - 6 6 5½ 4 5 6 6 5 6 50½
3 Rosie Wain-Andy Tomaszewski 1 1 - 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 6 47
4 Lee Cousins-Dave Barbano 1 1 1 - 4½ 4½ 2½ 6 3 6 7 36½
5 Bill Renke-Moishe 1 1½ 1 2½ - 4 6 6 6 2 6 36
6 Sunshine-Naomi Cusowski 1 3 1 2½ 3 - 1 5 5½ 6 6 34
7 Bryon Alexandroff-Jolyon Bone 2 2 1 4½ 1 6 - 1½ 6 2 4 30
8 Debbie Tennenbaum-Marty Vine 0 1 1 1 1 2 5½ - 5 6 6 28½
9 Barry Corbin-Glen Kezwer 0 1 4 4 1 1½ 1 2 - 5 7 26½
10 Wendy and Lindsey Horenblas 0 2 1 1 5 1 5 1 2 - 6 24
11 Chris Howard-Tom Berge 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 - 10
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[Page 15, Newswink 5, February 1972]
* SAYS
\FLASH\
JAWBONE AND CONTEST
Dateline: Johnson City, Tennessee Jan. 31, '72
Flash! NATwA Goes To War!
Members of the NATwA Barnstorming Expeditionary Force went to War, West
Virginia early in their 1972 Southern Campaign. Attempting a blitz on the
steps of the War State Liquor Store, they were almost squopped out by a
formidable state police pair, currently playing for the Warriors. A serious
auto-squ[o]p notwithstanding, our heroes managed to rip off a respect[a]ble 2
points, and realized that a modification of their Southern strategy was
necessary for further success. Marriage ensued.
BE THE FIRST WINKER ON YOUR BLOCK TO NAME THE MAGAZINE!
Perversions flourished in 1971. Besides squop game variations like
"tennis", sadistic games like Squidger and Bite have been experimented with.
Rules have been developed for basketball, soccer, hockey, tubbing, capture the
flag, idiot's delight, baseball, and boxing among others.
Sometime this spring, a perversion magazine by the name of _____ will be
published and sent to all interested parties. It will contain rules to many of
the perversions and all sorts of other random information as well.
YES KIDS, NOW \YOU\ CAN BECOME A BIG WINNER
Send your name for the new Perversion mag to
Sunshine
424 S. 43 St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
1st prize - lifetime subscription to mag
2nd prize - one year subscription to mag
3rd prize - one issue of mag
................................................................................
Naomi missed her most crucial play of the Pairs Tourney last May when she
blew a simple two foot squop. The parking lot squop, if successful, would have
eliminated Andy's "Ferd de Ford" and 5/6 of the eventual 3 top pairs of the
match. Huh?
Sunshine says, "Mary is the best natural squopper I've ever met!"
Jude has been made official HYTHNLBTWOC wizard by acclamation. His wizard
hands and expert coaching led HYTH to victory in the Eastern Regionals.
Shana, NATwA Grand Froebel, has publicly expressed her desire to go to the
continentals.
Daniel Dern, Official NATwA photographer, will be present during the
continentals taking pictures and generally making his presence unknown. Any of
you interested in purchasing copies at a small fee should contact him.
THIS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT
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[Page 16, Newswink 5, February 1972]
[Column 1]
LOST + FOUND
Lost
One editor last seen in Ottawa on May 2, 1971. If found, please send to
continentals. Big reward.
______________________
Found
One Harpur winker in Buffalo.
_______________________
Lost
One large Oxford blue wink last seen at the HOTT. Contact Mike Krassner [sic]
at ALF.
_______________________
Lost
One Secretary-General last seen in Ithaca, NY on Nov. 21, 1971. Rumored to be
in Barbados. If found, please send to continentals. Reward.
_______________________
Lost
One entire team last seen at 1971 continentals. Rumored to have gone
underground. If found, contact Bill Renke. Reward only if complete.
________________________
Found
One large blue wink of the old type. If yours, contact Moishe.
________________________
Found
One ex-Secretary-General at Eastern Regionals. Slightly aged. Owner please
claim within 30 days or will have to retire.
[Column 2]
W E
I N
N D
K S
PAIRS TOURNEY
April 29th+30th [Note by Severin: May 6-7]
?????
_________________________
JUNIOR CONTINENTALS
March 18 [Note by Severin: March 25]
Lake Mohegan
_________________________
BIT [Note by Severin: Apr 22-23 (prob.)]
Boston Invitational Tournament
Spring, Boston
_________________________
HIBYOTT [Note by Severin: May (2nd/3rd wkend)]
HYTH Invitational Bring Your Own Table Tourney
Spring, Bennington
__________________________
HUT [Note by Severin: crossed out section]
HYTH Uninvited Tourney
HYTH members only
Spring, Boston
__________________________
SPRING LAKE MOHEGAN WKD.
Spring
Lake Mohegan
...........................
MARRIAGES
Bryon Alexandroff
and
Lani Nathanson
___________________________
Lindsey Horenblas
and
Wendy Levinson
............................
AND
ENGAGEMENT
Jeff Wieselthier
and
non-winker
[Column 3]
OBITS
Rosie Wain, former editor of NEWSWINK and Secretary-General of NATwA passed
away last May in Ottawa, Ontario. Miss Wain was noteworthy for her great
expertise on the mat. Her loss is indeed a great sorrow. Flowers and words of
encouragement may be sent to
Rosie Wain
14 South Rd.
West Bridgford
Nottingham
Notts., England
__________________________
Clure (Nov 1968 - Dec 1971)
Best known for her defensive work, she was by far the hardest to squop. Her
strategical plays often forced her green teammates['] opposition into
nonoptional shots in vi/s/cious attempts to [do] her in. Retained amateur
status, playing only in the BOT. She is survived by none, mourned by many.
__________________________
Carl Chenkin, former HYTH star and North American Squidger champion passed
away on the evening of Dec. 5, 1971; the victim of an automobile accident.
Fortunately, the death is only temporary and he should resu[rr]ect sometime in
June. All letters of condolences should be sent to
Carl Chenkin
103 E. Tryon Ave.
Teaneck, N.J.
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[End, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Issue: 5
Date: February 1972
Type: newsletter
Author: Bill Renke, editor
Publisher: NATwA
Pages: 16
Production: 8 1/2" by 11" multicolor mimeograph, two-sided
Entered: 15 Oct 1983 by RWT
Proofread: Never
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TINTINNABULATION....
Like the sound of a thousand tolling bells at dawn, the clatter of
counters in faraway pots swells to a climactic din that heralds the beginning
of another Winking season. A gleaming golden squidger rises slowly in the sky.
Sunshine is everywhere.
CREDITS
Newswink Jim Marlin
Sue Shrut
Paul Mailman
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN TIDDLYWINKS ASSOCIATION
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NUMBER 5 / February, 1972 EDITOR: Bill Renke Price -- 17 rubles
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PHIL
BOONDOCKED!
JIM MARLIN: THE SEARCH FOR THE SUPREME DEAN (part 1)
Jim Marlin, noted MIT winker, recently spent 6 weeks in Europe. Shortly
before his return to "the states" he em[b]arked upon a journey never before
attempted by one so young; never before had one of so little note attempted
what many had only dreamed. Jim went in search of the Supreme Dean. Alan
Dean, it is written, is the Secretary of ETwA and the English Singles Champion
and the holder of many records and trophies. His squidger is believed to be
made of gold and his fingers precise instruments capable of potting winks and
squopping piles at great distances. How had Jim come to meet this great
legend? How indeed had Jim come to have the honor of playing against this man;
to share the same mat and pot? (cont.)
SEVERIN SQUOPPED OUT
Word just in through the grapevine (SD) tells NEWSWINK that Phil Villar,
expert winker and man about Hartford, has just been reassigned to Arlington,
Tex. Phil is a field service technician for Pratt and Whitney and realised he
was to be transferred. Phil's hope was to be assigned somewhere on the east
coast so that he would be within winking distance, but apparently the company
had other ideas. Rumor has it that Phil will unanimously become the second
member of NATwA's Closet of Fame at the continentals. Well, Phil, at least
you're in a big league city now!
*******************
WELCOME
TO
ITHACA
*******************
BOB 'N' BULL WIN AGAIN
Yawn! The 1971 Pairs Tournament was held in Ottawa last May and as
expected, Bob Henninge and Ferd T. Bull of Somerville emerged once again as the
champions. Playing flawlessly, they continually beat the shit out of everyone
they played, accumulating 62 points in 10 games for a whopping 6.2 points per
game average; the highest average ever recorded for a match. In second place
at 50½ points (cont. pg. 4)
[Page 2, Newswink 5, February 1972]
EDITORIALS
The atmosphere at the start of this winking season seems somewhat different
if only in that no one has voiced any doubts as to whether NATwA would thrive
again. But in spite of the optimism, one cannot help but notice that the
organisation has not increased in size. A couple of new entries have been
added to the books as possible starterd for this year, but a couple of old ones
may well have disappeared. It seems that the expansion of winkmania in North
America has reached a plateau similar to the state of affairs in the British
Isles (see SENOPOT) but, inexplicably, at a lower level of participation. We
have perhaps one-third the number of established teams in [an] area with a far
greater population than that of the United Kingdom. Perhaps part of the
problem is one of communication -- both the establishment of communication and
its maintenance. The idea has often occur[r]ed in conversation of a "Winking
Crusade" in which several winkers of high caliber would tour a number of
universities in order to promote the game and help to establish teams.
Naturally, this was never taken as a serious suggestion due to its
unfeasability in terms of time and finances, and also because one demonstration
could only result in the develop/e/ment of a team in the most exceptional of
circumstances. Obviously, a team can only grow with continued exposure to the
game of winks in its fully developed form, which implies either the involvement
of experienced individuals or the opportunity for the novices to take part in
or observe A-level tournaments.
Andy Tomaszewski
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I would like to explain why this issue of NEWSWINK has been so late in
arriving. NEWSWINK usually comes out twice each year, in the spring and fall.
Last Sept. Andy expected to put this out, but due to much other work he
continually postponed the publication until eventually, I has to take over the
task, in order to have an issue out by now. It may not be the NEWSWINK you are
familiar with. It does not have that special something only Andy can add, but
I hope it at least holds your interest. A lot of material is covered because
it has been a long time (10 months) since the last issue, so please excuse the
lack of depth in coverage of certain events.
Andy expresses his regret at having to resign as editor of NEWSWINK. (see
letters). Therefore, there is a position open for a new editor. This person,
whomever it may be, will be responsible for the next issue, due to be out
sometime in April. I hope there is someone willing to assume the duties of the
editorship. This person must be capable of writing and knowledgeable enough of
the game and its players to do the paper justice. If anyone feels they may be
qualified, please contact me as soon as possible.
The next issue of NEWSWINK is going to be reader oriented. I want everyone
who reads this to write me a letter between now and early April. Some of the
things you could write about include:
Tiddlywinks dreams you've had.
How did you get started playing winks?
What do you do in the real world?
Where are you from originally?
and anything else that may be on your mind about the game, the people or the
matches. Hopefully, all this material will be gathered by the new editor and
make up a substantial portion of NEWSWINK 6. If not, I shall again do it
myself.
Once again, please excuse the lateness of this issue and the numerous
typographical errors (my fingers are worn to the bone). I can only say that it
has been an enjoyable task; one that could have been done a lot better if only
I had more time and imagination.
Bill Renke
23 Atherton Place
Newton, Mass. 02162
(617)-332-4426
[Page 3, Newswink 5, February 1972]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The first annual North American Junior Continental Championships have been
tentatively scheduled for the weekend of March 18-19. Right now the greatest
likelihood is for 3 home teams and one visiting team. Blue Mountain has enough
people to easily field two teams, and now there's a team at the high school in
our district, presently composed mostly of 9th graders who played at Blue
Mountain last year. The only visiting team I'm sure of is Sid's team from his
high school in Rye. Sid tells me he has many students and a large part of the
staff at his school playing winks -- including most of the gym teachers and
coaches! He employs the subtle approach: he doesn't mention the game or try
to push it, he just plays it a while in some noticeable place and then leaves
it behind (with a rule book) and goes off, while the others start trying it out
of sheer curio/u/sity. It seems to work, but his players are still at an early
stage and probably won't be a match for Blue Mountain's seasoned veterans. I
am really impressed by some of these guys, especially Andy Lee. This guy is
not only a very good player, one who could play respectfully for a contending
team in NATwA, especially with some more match experience, but he is also the
most incredible leader and efficient captain. He is smooth, almost
professional in his attention to all the details of running a team. Please, if
anyone reading this knows of a team that might be able to come, get them in
touch with me. I really would like to set this up as an annual event of some
sort, and have a kind of junior NATwA.
Starting the team at school was very hard, by the way. The younger the
kids, the more so. For one thing, as the kids are younger, more and more work
ends up in the coach's hands. Another problem I found was getting some other
teachers involved. The suburban lifestyle really precludes anything as
eccentric as winks. When I had some of them interested, it was still
impossible to get them to consider having practices some evenings or weekends.
It just didn't mix with cocktails and ski weekends and visiting the in-laws.
So we met just one hour a week, like all the other "extracur[r]ic[u]lar" clubs,
so of course they were pretty lousy players.
One last comment. All these difficulties and efforts to get a team going,
among the faculty, then among the kids, and now most recently at the high
school, where I taught for a week and set up the team about 2 weeks ago, have
made me definitely agree with those who want to change the name of the game.
It is just such a useless handicap, and with all the other flak I've had to
manage, this was just too much. Also, with college kids there's a certain
amount of curio/u/sity and openness so that the derision has a chance of being
changed once they see the game. But at the middle school, and the high school,
the name was enough to gain the everlasting scorn and ridicule of 95% of the
kids, reinforced by a general atmosphere of putting things down that does exist
in the schools, and especially by a great fear of appearing childish.
At the Congress I will reintroduce a resolution to change the name of the
game. Winks, or even some randomly selected name would be acceptable.
Anything is preferable to spending half your time explaining what the game is
not, just so some characters can feel cool and superior because they know what
the game is really like and how false the impression of the general public is.
Severin Drix
Lake Mohegan, N.Y.
I think I'm still alive, but for purposes of winking I'm in a state of
suspended animation. It seems doubtful that I'll get to the continentals,
although there is a slight chance. I've had very little time for winking since
I've been working 36 hours a week, taking two grad courses in EE each term and
getting engaged to the most wonderful girl in the world.
I`d really hate to miss the continentals for the first time after all these
years, but I think I'll have to. Hello to all.
Jeff Wieselthier
Silver Spring, Md.
(sorry about the typing folks but I've been at it for 10 straight hours now and
think that I've just about had it.)
[Page 4, Newswink 5, February 1972]
MASKED MARAUDERS MASSACRE
The 1972 Western Regionals (since renamed the Ithaca Open) were held at
Cornell Univ. the weekend of Nov. 13-14. Due to circumstances beyond God knows
whose control, only two western teams (Toronto and host Cornell) were
present to qualify for the continentals. However, a band of ren[e]gade
easterners, traveling under the name of the Masked Marauders, appeared to do
battle with the best of the west and emerged victoriously victorious.
MASKED MARAUDERS CORNELL TORONTO
M1 Jake, Dean, MP C1 Dave-Severin, Bozo T1 Byron-Mel
M2 *, Mary, MP, Bozo, Pete C2 Fred-Bob T2 Lindsey-Wendy
M3 Bill-Jim C3 Bob-Sid, Steve T3 Roger-Steve
FINAL STANDINGS
Masked Marauders 77 1/3
Cornell 68 1/6
Toronto 43½
PAIR RANKINGS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C1 M2 M3 C2 M1 T1 T2 C3 T3
31 1/6 30 27 25 20 1/3 18 15 12 10½
Congrats to Dave and Severin for being tops
MASKED MARAUDERS (37 5/6)
CORNELL (25 1/6)
C1 C2 C3
M1 2 1/3-4 2/3 2-5 6-1 10 1/3
M2 4½-2½ 5-2 6-1 15½
M3 1-6 7-0 4-3 12
13 1/6 7 5
MASKED MARAUDERS (39½)
TORONTO (23½)
T1 T2 T3
M1 0-7 4-3 6-1 10
M2 5-2 6-1 3½-3½ 14½
M3 6-1 4-3 6-1 15
10 8 5½
CORNELL (43)
TORONTO (20)
T1 T2 T3
C1 5-2 7-0 6-1 18
C2 5-2 6-1 7-0 18
C3 3-4 1-6 3-4 7
8 7 5
* denotes forfeit or Sunshine as the case may be
...............................................................................
HYTH TRIUMPHS
The 1972 Eastern Regionals were held at MIT the weekend of Dec. 4-5, 1971
amid throngs of screaming yellow zonkers. After the long and grueling six team
round robin the dedicated forces of HYTHNLBTWOC edged MIT 'A' by the narrow
score of 211 to 206½.
Special recognition goes to Tim and J. Christ for being top pair with a 13-2
record and 79 points. Rookie of the match was Bonnie Freeman of Somerville
who, in her first match averaged better than 5 points per game.
PAIR RANKINGS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
MA1 S2 HA1 HA2 S1 HA3 MA3 MA2 HB1 S3 MB3 MB1 HB2 Mc2 MB2 HB3 Mc1 Mc3
2 5 1 1
79 76½ 74 70 68 67 65½ 62 50- 45½ 44½ 43- 39- 37 35½ 34½ 27- 25
3 6 3 6
1. HYTHNLBTWOC 'A' 211 4. HYTHNLBTWOC 'B' 124½
2. MIT 'A' 206½ 5. MIT 'B' 123 5/6
3. SOMERVILLE 190 6. McGILL 89 1/6
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(cont. from page 1) [JIM MARLIN: THE SEARCH FOR THE SUPREME DEAN (part 1)]
were Severin Drix and Phil Villar of Blue Mountain with Rosie Wain and Andy
Tomaszewski of Ottawa in a close third at 47. After the match, Ferd and Bob
were presented with the championship Pear by Moishe and then joined the second
and third pairs smiling and drinking homemade Rocinante wine out of tiddlywinks
pots, while the cameras clicked and the spectators drifted off. The tournament
was by far the most organised and friendly match in the history of NATwA. All
the credit goes to Andy Tomaszewski, who was so precise, that the final round
of the match pitted the #1 vs. #2, #3 vs. #4 and #5 vs. #6 pairs. CBC was
there and Ottawa newspapers and radio stations all carried news of the match.
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[Page 5, Newswink 5, February 1972]
1972 EASTERN REGIONALS - MIT - December 4-5, 1971
\HYTHNLBTWOC 'A'\ (211)
HA1 Sunshine-Mary
HA2 Bill-Dean
HA3 Carl-Naomi
\MIT 'A'\ (206½)
MA1 Tim-J. Christ
MA2 Bill-Mitch, Jim
MA3 Moishe, Dan, Pete
\SOMERVILLE\ (190)
S1 Ferd-Don
S2 Bob-Bonnie, Dan
S3 Mex-Gred, Bonnie
\HYTHNLBTWOC 'B'\ (124½)
HB1 Jake-MP
HB2 Beast-L, Allan, Mike
HB3 Mike-Allan or Ronnie-Scott
\MIT 'B'\ (123 5/6)
MB1 Fred-Paul
MB2 Sue-Todd, Dave, Scott, Ruby
MB3 Craig, Ruby, Dave, Jay, Larry, Ross
\McGILL\ (89 1/6)
Mc1 Sender-Norbert
Mc2 Stan-Harvey
Mc3 Oscar-Chris
\MATCH SCORES\
HYTH 'A' (34)
MIT 'A' (29)
MA1 MA2 MA3
HA1 1½-5½ 6-1 1½-5½ 9
HA2 1-6 5-2 7-0 13
HA3 4-3 3-4 5-2 12
14½ 7 7½
MIT 'B' (43)
McGILL (20)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
MB1 4-3 5-2 5½-1½ 14½
MB2 5-2 3-4 5½-1½ 13½
MB3 6-1 3-4 6-1 15
6 14 4
HYTH 'B' (35 2/3)
MIT 'B' (27 1/3)
MB1 MB2 MB3
HB1 4 2/3-2 1/3 5-2 6-1 15 2/3
HB2 3½-3½ 3-4 4½-2½ 11
HB3 1-6 5-2 3-4 9
11 5/6 8 7½
HYTH 'A' (32½)
SOM (30½)
S1 S2 S3
HA1 6-1 1-6 5-2 12
HA2 1-6 5-2 6-1 12
HA3 4½-2½ 1-6 3-4 8½
9½ 14 7
MIT 'A' (48)
SOM (27)
S1 S2 S3
MA1 1-6 6-1 1-6 13
MA2 1-6 2-5 6-1 9
MA3 4-3 4-3 6-1 14
15 9 3
HYTH 'B' (33 1/3)
McGILL (29 2/3)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
HB1 3-4 3-4 6-1 12
HB2 2 1/3-4 2/3 1-6 6-1 9 1/3
HB3 5½-1½ 1-6 5½-1½ 12
10 1/6 16 3 1/2
HYTH 'A' (45½)
HYTH 'B' (17½)
HB1 HB2 HB3
HA1 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
HA2 2½-4½ 6-1 6-1 14½
HA3 1-6 6-1 6-1 13
11½ 3 3
MIT 'A' (48)
HYTH 'B' (15)
HB1 HB2 HB3
MA1 6-1 6-1 7-0 19
MA2 5-2 6-1 5-2 16
MA3 6-1 1-6 6-1 13
4 8 3
SOM (40)
HYTH 'B' (23)
HB1 HB2 HB3
S1 6-1 6-1 2-5 14
S2 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
S3 1½-5½ 1-6 5½-1½ 8
7½ 8 7½
HYTH 'A' (48)
MIT 'B' (15)
MB1 MB2 MB3
HA1 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
HA2 6-1 6-1 1-6 13
HA3 5-2 6-1 6-1 17
4 3 8
MIT 'A' (41½)
MIT 'B' (21½)
MB1 MB2 MB3
MA1 6-1 6-1 4½-2½ 16½
MA2 5½-1½ 1-6 5½-1½ 12
MA3 1-6 6-1 6-1 13
8½ 8 5
SOM (46)
MIT 'B' (17)
MB1 MB2 MB3
S1 5½-1½ 6-1 3-4 14½
S2 5½-1½ 6-1 6-1 17½
S3 5-2 6-1 3-4 14
5 3 9
HYTH 'A' (51)
McGILL (12)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
HA1 5-2 6-1 6-1 17
HA2 6-1 5½-1½ 6-1 17½
HA3 6-1 4½-2½ 6-1 16½
4 5 3
MIT 'A' (52)
McGILL (11)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
MA1 6-1 6-1 4-3 16
MA2 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
MA3 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
3 3 5
SOM (46½)
McGILL (16½)
Mc1 Mc2 Mc3
S1 6-1 3-4 6-1 15
S2 6-1 6-1 6-1 18
S3 5-2 6-1 2½-4½ 13½
4 6 6½
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[Page 6, Newswink 5, February 1972]
LAKE MOHEGAN
Severin`s Fall Lake Mohegan weekend started on a sour note last October,
when only 7 of the originally expected 14 winkers showed up. The weekend was
to be one of the big events of the year, with seven major teams each sending
two people but by the time Friday evening had arrived only Sunshine and Mary
(HYTH), Bill Renke and Jim Marlin (MIT), Ferd (Somerville) and host Severin had
appeared at the small home on the shores of Lake Mohegan.
The weekend was spent winking, waiting for Andy, winking, eating pizza,
winking, waiting for Andy, winking, playing tennis baseball, more winking, more
waiting for Andy, still more winking, waiting for Phil, even more winking,
giving up on waiting for Andy and a lot of hitching. What more can be said?
Severin's Winter Perversion weekend at Lake Mohegan drew crowds from all
over North America, braking [sic] attendance records for perversion weekends in
Lake Mohegan. In all, Sunshine, Bill Renke, and Pete Copper all competed with
Severin for the title of pervert of the weekend which was eventually won by
Fred Astaire, who put in a surprise visit Saturday evening. A fine time was had
by all.
................................................................../............
LETTERS (CONT.)
Apparently, some members of the MIT team recently saw "The St. Valentine's
Day Massacre." After losing to a dedicated HYTH team they attempted to
eliminate one half of the championship team. As is the MIT way, they lost.
And why did they lose? It wasn't even St. Valentine's Day, that's why. The
facts are that they hired an assassin who drove his car into the car in which
Carl, Sunshine and myself were traveling. Although their insidious plot
failed, Carl, our devoted team leader, will be unable to attend the
continentals. The other two dedicated HYTH players escaped with head injuries
which will only slow the overwhelming thinking edge that the dedicated HYTH
team has. My proof of this plot is that the other player borrowed 55 c from me
to, (and I quote), "call some Rinky Dinky guy in Boston and get my $403.99."
In accordance with this charge and with the fact that the dedicated HYTH
team is the only sexually equal opportunity winks team in NATwA, I think that
the HYTHNLBTWOC as a whole be given the Yvonne F. Lukey Memorial Award.
Bill "Red Scarf" Gammerdinger
Philadelphia, Pa.
I agree that we should try to maintain better communication between the
winking powers on each side of the Atlantic than has been the case in the past.
It is, as you say, more difficult between people who have never met, and
cannot for[e]see doing so in the near future. An ETwA vs. NATwA match would
obviously help in this respect, as well as being tremendous publicity.
However, my efforts, as well as yours, to find a willing sponsor have been
fruitless. I will keep trying, though, and let you know if and when any
progress is made.
You invited me to submit an article for publication in NEWSWINK; I am
working on a rather long discussion of the tactics and strategies of
tiddlywinks, something about which amazingly little has been published so far.
Alan Dean
Secretary ETwA
At the moment (and in the for[e]seeable future) my work, studies related to
my work, and a complication of various other matters demand about 150% of my
time. That is, I can't seem to find enough time to do all these things that
take priority over my favorite pastime.
As a result, I feel it would be highly unfair of me to produce any further
NEWSWINKs in the hope that I might find the required time, or to take on any
other responsibilities of any kind. I feel the editorship of NEWSWINK should
be passed on to someone else who can do the paper justice although I am sure
that in the future I shall be submitting an occasional article for approval to
the new editor.
Andy Tomaszewski
Ottawa, Ontario
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[Page 7, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Letter from the desk of the Sec-Gen
Dear winkers,
As you all know, the 1972 continentals are but a few short weeks away. On
Saturday evening, the 19th, the annual NATwA congress will convene, at which
time many problems and proposals within the organisation will be discussed and
voted upon. Hopefully, the friendly atmosphere of past congresses will
prevail. This is an opportunity for the little known winkers to express their
opinions to the whole of NATwA without feeling inferior or neglected.
The following are a couple of topics I wish to have discussed at the
congress. Please read them over and discuss them among fellow winkers so that
the congress this year may result in a more meaningful collection of opinions.
At last year[']s congress, a rules committee was appointed to help resolve
all questionable situations that occur in some games. Many new questions have
since arisen relating to a set of standardized rules to be used here and in
England. They are:
1) The reduction of the 25 min. time limit to 20 min. NATwA is [t]he
only tiddlywinks organisation which plays a 25 min. game.
2) A player receives an extra shot for \any\ wink potted in their turn.
3) If any wink is sent off the mat in a shot the player loses a turn.
4) A player must, if required, indicate before playing a pile his
intended shot, and this may be challenged.
5) If a shot is illegal, winks remain or are replaced at opponents'
discretion - they are not played again.
The subject of players jumping from team to team has been brought up at
various times over the past few years, but little has been decided. Should
NATwA set some general standards on team eligibility, or should the present
"laissez faire" attitude continue?
Please discuss these topics among other winkers and be prepared to rap about
them. Thanks. See you in Ithaca.
Bill Renke (Ground Hogs' Day, 1972)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HAVERFORD HIGH HISTORY
In December '68 Richard Pieper, a Cornell student and Haverford High
graduate, happened to stumble upon the '68 continentals, which by coincidence
were being held at Cornell. Intrigued by the game, he went to the local
downtown Ithaca Woolworths and bought himself a set of Milton Bradley Jumbo
Tiddlywinks. A few weeks later, during Christmas vacation, he managed to get
Ron and Mike Brachman interested back in beautiful downtwon Havertown. He
couldn't remember all the rules, so the three of them sort of improvised and
developed a game more dependent upon potting. When Mike Brachman returned to
school in January, he began to play in the cafeteria. Despite an initial
negative reaction by the uninitiated masses climaxing in fruit wars between
tables, an underground movement flourished under the leadership of Mike. By
the spring, the whole school had turned on to potting and the first annual R.
D. Pieper Memorial Spring Tiddlywinks Tournament of Champions was held with 32
players entered in the single elimination tourney.
The following school year Mike succeeded in making tiddlywinks an even
bigger and better activity at the school. The school's radio station carried
the finals of the second annual R. D. Pieper (etc.) and this time 64 students
were involved in the event.
Last fall, Mike entered Michigan University and left HHSTw in the hands of
Sue Shrut, a senior. But unfortunately the craze had begun to die. Student
apathy set in and the future of Haverford winks is unknown. By some strange
pregression of letters, Mike learned of the existence of NATwA, and before long
Haverford had received an unreadable letter from Sunshine and an unexpected
visit from Tim Schiller.
What has happened to Haverford winkers? Mike promises to get in contact
with Stan Perlo (remember him?) at M. U. and may start a team there. Sue Shrut
has become an MIT coed, a very rare creature indeed, and the half dozen or so
other known winkers are scattered all across the northeast and may be starting
or joining other teams.
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[Page 8, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Dear Rosie,
\FAME AT LAST?\
Broadcasting history was made on the morning (very early in the morning) of
Saturday APril 29th 1971, when the B.B.C. Radio 4 programme "Today" put out
live the first ever Intercontinental Winks match, between the English Champion,
Alan Dean, and Rosie Wain of Canada. There is no Singles championship of
Canada but Rosie and her partner Andy Tomaszewski are the pairs titleholders.
As one of the only two spectators to the final of the first English Singles
Championship, it is perhaps appropriate that I shoul report on the latest of
A.D.'s encounters again played under somewhat unusual conditions (the Singles
final had of course been played in the entrance hall of the UMIST Union
building).
The match took place in a small studio in the depths of Broadcasting House
with an audience consisting of Mick Still the (impartial?) umpire, one
completely baffled commentator, and myself (and about seven million listeners).
Fortunately the Canadian version of the game is very much the same as ours,
though across the Atlantic 25 minutes rather tahn 20 is the accepted time
limit. The players were also in agreement on the blue - green - red - yellow
colour order (unlike some people). One "killer" game had to decide the contest
in order to fit with the programme schedule.
Rosie started well, getting some good squops, and was also assisted by Alan
sending one of his winks off the table, but she was soon suffering and Alan had
gained control by the half-way stage. Several times during the game the
reporter, Dennis Frost, discussed the state of play over the air with Mick
Still, who explained that the object of the game was not just to pot the winks
(nor even to flick the counters into the egg-cup).
Alan duly went on to win the game 6-1 (the score was never reported on the
radio) and the two players then faced an interview with Michael Aspel. He was
sure it was unfair to have a match of a man against a woman, though as Rosie
observed, "Sex doesn't matter!".
Everyone at the B.B.C. was most friendly and kind and we were very grateful
for the chance to see the /w/akings of the corporation from the inside, and for
the opportunity to give Winks some nationwide publicity. Let's hope this is
the start of a new upsurge of interest in the game.
(Winking World - 19 July '71)
================================================================================
Rosie Wain was named first Lady of Winks by the North American Tiddlywinks
Association at the Pairs Tournament this May, on the occasion of her retirement
from active winking. Her ten-year career, during which she served dedicatedly
as both player and administrator in three different countries (English, the
U.S. and Canada), was crowned with the Canadian Pairs Championship in both 1970
and 1971, and the Co-Secretary-Generalship of NATwA in her final year. A can
be seen from the article above, from the fact that she still presides over
Winks demonstrations to novices, and from her willingness to serve as the NATwA
ambassador to ETwA, it is evident that Rosie has not completely severed ties
with the game to which she has already given so much. It is for all these
things, as well as the enthusiasm and personality that endeared her to
everyone, that she has been nominated by popular acclaim to be the first member
of the NATwA Closet of Fame.
SInce the May tournament, Rosie ahs returned to England to stay. She has
enrolled at a teachers college in Nottingham and reports that she enjoys
teaching Chemistry and Physics to 11 year-olds each week at Humphrey Perkins
Secondary School in the village of Barrow-upon-Soar. Rosie also mentions that
the autumn in England is "boringly brown"; to compensate, she purchased a
bright orange mini which she considered naming after her former idol, Moishe
(Moishe the mini???). The former Moishe eventually lost out, however, to
CAROTENMOBILE.
P.S.: Dear Rosie.....Who was that "wishy-washy little tit"?
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[Page 9, Newswink 5, February 1972]
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
WINKING WORLD (Reprinted without permission)
\WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1971 ??\
The exciting possibility of a match being arranged in England this year
between teams representing NATwA and ETwA makes front-page news in this issue
of Winking World. Publicity and public relations director of NATwA is Bryon
Alexandroff, who is in addition captain of the Toronto club. According to
Bryon, the NATwA team would probably come to England in late of mid-1971, and
would generate world-wide publicity from its side of the Atlantic, as indeed
would ETwA. Bryon mentions, perhaps ominously, that they (NATwA) have not yet
acquired the financial support for such a trip but they are nevertheless keen
to knwo whether the possibility for a World Championship match exists.
Whether or not this does in fact take place in 1971, it seems that, in the
view of the healthy state of the game both in Britain and across the Atlantic,
it cannot be long before winking armies from North America/n/ and England come
together to do battle. And although I feel there is no danger of anyone over
here underestimating anyone over there, it is perhaps appropriate to
contemplate another sport that England gave the world, and remember what befell
her against the United States in the 1950 World Cup football tournament.
(Answer - p.94) There again, if England were to lose the Bombay Bowl at the
Congress next April, thereby losing the home international championship,
awkward que[s]tions might be raised as to who was qualified to compete for
what.
(Winking World - 18 Jan. '71)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Sir,
This year[']s Congress bore the Alan Dean trademark of 'less talk and more
winks'[,] a good thing but it meant that little thought was given to the
stagnating state of winks in this country and the fact that the last ten years
have seen no increase in the number of schools and youth clubs playing the
game.
The mass media were there in force and so, one would think, this was a
tremendous opportunity to fire the imaginations of the many millions of
potential winkers who don't know it yet. In fact, most of the national dailies
carried only a small paragraph about the event and no-one listens to Radio
Manchester anyway.
One reason for this could be the much lamented passing of the mini-skirt.
Rear views of young ladies bending over tables to take their shots always used
to guarantee a fai amount ofexposure - in every sense of the word! The main
reason, though, must surely be that we are all incredibly ordinary, boring,
common or garden people. We aren't idiots. We aren't mad. No, Rev. Shepherd,
it's no good trying to inject the game with something of the respectable
gentility of the boatrace; after all - how many winkers started playing,
thinking it was a serious game? Changing the name isn't the answer either.
Last year's Congress decided that the only better alternative names in order to
attract more people to the game were 'Sex' and 'Football', both of which, if
implemented, presented certain problems. For instance, the 'International
Rules of Sex' would almost certainly be banned and quite what the 'Prince
Philip Silver _____' trophy would be is anybody's guess!
No winkers, we're presenting the wrong image. We must be mad. We must be
idiots. Winks is a silly game anyway. Let's start treating it as such - at
least whilst we're under the glare of publicity.
The public already laugh at the game and trying to tell them they're wrong
to do so is like running up an escalator which is going down. So let's change
directionand then, maybe, more people will start taking to the mats, because
only if they come to realise for themselves what a great game Winks can be,
does the winking population of the country stand any chance of increasing.
Yours etc.,
Senopot
(Winking World - 19 July '71)
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[Page 10, Newswink 5, February 1972]
BOT
The first annual Branches of the Tree Tournament was held in April at Nestor
Stadium, Teaneck N.J. The 3 branches of the HYTH (Hark Yon Tree Hath No Leaves
But They Will Out Club) - Boston, Teaneck and Philadelphia each supplied four
bodies. The turning point of the match occur[r]ed in the 0th round when branch
leaders from Philly and Boston met and held a trade. Philly sent Shana
Bricklin to Boston and in return received Allan Fuchs, a chunk of salami, and
Boston's 2nd round draft pick for the 1972 season. With classical music as
clocks, the action proceeded, and le/a/d by unde[fe]ated Shana and L, Boston
proved to be the team most successful at accumulating points, narrowly
defeating Teaneck. After the match, Philly and Boston conducted a trade.
Boston sent Shana to Philly and receive in return Allan, its very own 1972
draft pick aod the remains of a chunk of salami. The reduction of the chunk
was attributed to depreciation of Shana.
BOSTON 31 5/6
TEANECK 30½
PHILADELPHIA 21 2/3
BIT
HYTHBYTE 154½
MIT 97½
The first annual Boston Invitational Tourney was held at MIT on the weekend
of April 25th. MIT challenged the combined strengths of Somerville and
HYTHNLbtwoc in what proved to be a one-sided match.
Bob ***** Ferd Gred BillG Carl TOTAL
Jon Mary L Sue Dean Nestor
Dan-Dave, Arleen 6-1 2-5 1-6 2-5 3-4 2-5 16
Christ-Craig 4½-2½ 1-6 1-6 5-2 1-6 3½-3½ 16
Bill-Fred 1-6 6-1 3-4 6-1 1½-5½ 1-6 18½
Tim-Paul 2-5 6-1 1-6 3-4 5-2 4-3 21
Moishe-Rich 2-5 1-6 2-5 3-4 1-6 1-6 10
Jim-Allan, Mike 1-6 6-1 1-6 1-6 6-1 1-6 16
25½ 20 33 22 24½ 29½
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HOTT
HALLOWEEN OPEN TEAMS TOURNEY
When 48 winkers gather together on the day before Halloween to play winks,
what more can be said?
TOP INDIVIDUALS
Name W-L Points
Jake 6-0 36
Phil 6-0 33
Bill 5-1 32½
Todd 5-1 32½
Moishe 6-0 32
Pete 6-0 32
Sunshine 5-1 29
Mary 5-1 29
HYTH RIV MITBL MITRD SOM MIS BLMTN TOTAL
HYTHNLBTWOC ----- 11 11 15 12 8 17½ 74½
RIVENDELL 10 ----- 10½ 13 8 14 17 72½
MIT BLUE 10 10½ ----- 9 13 8 18 68½
MIT RED 6 8 12 ----- 10 17½ 14 67½
SOMERVILLE 9 13 8 11 ----- 8 17 66
MISCELLANEOUS 13 7 13 3½ 13 ----- 16 65½
BLUE MOUNTAIN 3½ 4 3 7 4 5 ----- 26½
P.S. Severin wanted me to tell everyone that he played the worst game of his
entire life against Moishe in this match. Consider it told.
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[Page 11, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Ask Andy
Dear Andy,
I am a poor, small, very flat red wink who can't seem to find anyone to
squop with. No one in Flatland seems to understand what squopping is.
Recently I met a big handsome blue squidger from Sphereland who has helped me
overcome my problem, but I just can't get squopped enough. He told me that
what I really need to do is put on some weight and go to an orgy, where lots
and lots of winks get squopped, but I seem unable to put on the necessary
weight or even find out when the next tiddlywinks orgy will take place. He
told me that you may be able to help. Please help! I am desp[e]rate.
Hazel
P.S. Why don't you come up and quop me sometime? You won't be sorry.
Dear Hazel,
I just may do that.
Andy
Dear Andy,
In a game recently, I exploded a very large pile which resulted in all
twelve of our opponents['] winks squopping each other, and leaving all 12 of
our winks free. Since our opponents were squopped out we received 12 free
turns. But how can we free them if we are not squopping them? Must we waste a
free turn squopping them so we can free them or do we just move one of their
winks aside after the turns are over or what?
Son of Captain Nemo
Dear Junior,
I dunno.
Andy
Dear Andy,
Help! All my friends think I'm crazy when I tell them I scored 12 1/6
points in two games last week. I was playing with A. C. Dent against Joe Hill
and Wobbley last Tuesday, when in the first game A. C. potted out and Wobbley
and I each had one wink left to pot. It was my turn and when I shot my wink it
hit Wobbley's and both bounced into the pot. Now A. C. got 4 pts. for first
and the two-way tie for second got us another 1½ pts. Adding in the 1 pt.
transfer gave us a 6½ - ½ pt. victory. In the second game A. C., Joe, and
I each potted 5 winks with our last ones involved in a pile with me on top. I
managed to pot all 3 of our winks in the same turn, thus ending the game.
Since the three of us tied for first A. C. and I received 4 2/3 pts. plus the 1
pt. transfer for a 5 2/3 - 1 1/3 pt. victory. Do you believe me? A. C., Joe
and Wobbley refuse to comment on the games and they're tryin[g] to convince me
it was all a bad dream, but I know it really happened.
Yvonne
Dear Yvonne,
Why don't you pair up with Captain Nemo's son. You'd be deadly.
Andy
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[Page 12, Newswink 5, February 1972]
SCHILLER SHATTERS SQUIDGER
\WELL-KNOWN WINKER WRITHES IN WRATHFUL WOE\
Cambridge (BR) -- On Saturday, September 24, 1971 at 10:30 PM Tim Schiller,
MITwA [sic] Captain accomplished the impossible. Playing a four-color game
against Bill Renke, he was in the process of blitzing his opponent when after
having potted two winks, missed his third, landing it within half a wink of
enemy blue. Engrossed with rage, he hurled his famous red squidger at the
nearest brick wall and watched in disbelief as it proceeded to shatter into a
half-dozen pieces. Weakened by the occur[r]ence, he completed the game under
great distress and fell to his sympathetic opponent by the score of 5½ - 1½.
Asked after the game if he had a few words for the press, he stated,
"#6XPfT#%! Do you realize I've had that grainy red squidger for four years
now? I've thrown it hundreds of times and not once has it even chipped. I
guess I'm going to have to find myself another squidger."
But the question remains: Will Tim call his new squidger Andy?
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\CARS\
"Andy", being Ferd's truck and having caused him great distress by refusing to
run has been adopted by the Bobs. As Rosie called her former Volkswagon [sic]
"Bob", we are hoping they will consider calling the truck "Rosie".
Mea[n]while, Andy's "Ferd de Ford" probably has less than a year to live, and
he is hoping within that time to befriend a deep-purple Volkswagon [sic] which
he will call "Purple Floynk", after Pink Floyd. He says, "It's going to be an
Atom-Hearted Mother with a four-speed Ummagumma!!... but they all become Relics
in the end." As do we all.
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AWARDS
The annual A. C. DENT Memorial Award this year goes to Sunshine, Bill
Gammerdinger, and Carl Chenkin for their great perform[a]nce on the evening of
Dec. 5th. While driving through Hackensack, N.J. they managed to get squopped
from behind[,] forced into the guard rail and without the least bit of strain,
Bill and Carl managed to violently squidge themselves a total of some 72 feet
from the car. As expected, Sunshine slept through the entire event.
The YVONNE F. LUKEY OF THE YEAR Award goes to Andy Tomaszewski for craftily
being lost for the last nine months, during which time he missed two
tournaments he promised to attend and postponed the publication of this issue
at least three times. We, the forgetful people of the world, salute you Andy!
The Suzy Homemaker Winkbread of the Year Award will be presented by last
year[']s winner, iced-unsliced raisin bread at the continentals in Ithaca next
month. For those of you interested in baking a loaf.....
4 eggs 3½ cups flour (whole wheat)
3 cups sugar 2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup oil 1½ tsp. salt
1/3 cup water 1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups pumpkin 2/3 box raisins
½ tsp. (approx.) nutmeg, ginger, cloves, pumpkin spice
Mix well in above. Bake 1½ hours at 350 degrees or until done.
Makes two loaves.
(For those of you who don't know what you're making, some call it Pumpkin
Bread.)
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[Page 13, Newswink 5, February 1972]
STATISTICS + RECORDS
Since the Cornell-MIT-Harvard triangular match of February '67, 19 matches
consisting of 1124 tournament games have been played in North America. The
people responsible for producing the following collection of useless facts are
Severin, Sunshine, and Bill Renke. Do unto them whatever you wish, but
remember, an IBM 360 is watching you.
\RELATIVE GAME SCORE FREQUENCY\
SCORE NUMBER PERCENT
6-1 571 50.8
4-3 180 16.0
5-2 179 15.9
7-0 77 6.9
5½-1½ 68 6.0
4½-2½ 30 2.7
3½-3½ 10 0.9
4 2/3-2 1/3 9 0.8
\GAMES PLAYED\
1 Ferd 127
2 ***** 127
3 Bob 126
4 Severin 100
\WINS\
1 Ferd 103
2 Bob 100
3 ***** 89
4 Severin 66
\POINTS\
1 Ferd 643 1/6
2 Bob 632
3 ***** 548 1/6
4 Severin 425 1/6
\POINTS/GAME\
1 Phil 5.08
2 Ferd 5.07
3 Bob 5.02
4 Tim 4.81
An interesting statistic first noticed at the BIT last April, implies that a
team's scoring performance is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep it
received the night before. HYTHBYTE scored 61% of the points, but only got 36%
of the sleep. At the HOTT in October similar relationships were also observed
(Seenext issue for fun-packed formulars [sic]).
\SUNSHINE POTTING RECORDS\
small winks
2 in. 996 / 1000 = 99.6%
4 in. 497 / 500 = 99.4
6 in. 946 / 1000 = 94.6
7½ in. 451 / 500 = 90.2
9 in. 425 / 500 = 85.0
12 in. 316 / 500 = 63.2
15 in. 45 / 100 = 45.0
Most consecutive winks potted - 332 (2")
Most consecutive squidgers potted
individual - Bill Renke - 50
Longest gromp - Bill Gammerdinger and Carl Chenkin - 72 feet
Longest winning streak
individual - Tim Schiller - 24 games
pair - Jeff and Sunshine - 20 games
Longest game
Dean Solomon and Bill Gammerdinger
vs. Bill Renke and Jim Marlin - 93 min.
01234567890123456789012345678901234567890
\THE ORDER OF THE COLOURS\
An original poem(?) by Andy Tomaszewski
Blue and green and red and yellow,
Each is a congenial fellow;
Green and red and yellow and blue,
They are all companions true;
Red and yellow and blue and green,
They're always nice and never mean;
Yellow and blue and green and red,
Love and friendship here are bred;
Blue and green and red and .....
SQUOPPED ! ! !
You son of a bitch.
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[Page 14, Newswink 5, February 1972]
Tiddlywinks Man-on-the-Street Contest
the question, to wit, namely...."What I like most about Tiddlywinks"
(in twenty-five minutes or less)
The list of responses:
1. I don't know.
2. The inherent winkness of it all.
3. When a group of winkers get together, it gives them something to do.
4. Visiting strange places.
5. The funny names of the players.
6. Our benign dictator.
7. Ronald Rumm.
8. In tests at leading colleges, Tiddlywinks has been shown to be a highly
safe yet significantly effective method of contraception.
9. It has the same colors as the twister board.
10. It leaves me in sti[t]ches.
11. I feel censored.
12. The way people react when you tell them you play tiddlywinks.
13. I might set upon cooking myself some peas.
14. Actually, that's a hard question. I suppose it fills a need I have' so you
could say I like tiddlywinks because....and because it's cheaper.
15. It teaches me to alphabetize the colors.
16. I don't....
17. It is the ultimate equalizer.
The men and women who were on the street at the time the question was asked,
and who answered decently include:
1. Rabbit
2. Hensley
3. The Sot
4. Mary
5. Sunshine
6. Slick
7. MP
8. Scott
9. Bill "Red Scarf" Gammerdinger
10. Bob Henninge
11. Bill Renke
12. Dean
13. Mary again
14. Sunshine's partner
15. Solomon
16. M. Kirman
17. Jim Marlin
Instructions to the general populace:
Match the names in the human being column (above, not intended to be
exclusive or inclusive) to the quotations in the column on the left [above], as
best you can. Score yourself as follows:
0-2 incompetent
3-6 inconsistent
7-10 competent
11-14 caliber
15-17 superstar
18+ Jude
What to do with a little space left over...I dunno
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
RESULTS: PAIRS TOURNEY
Ottawa, May 2-3, 1971
\POS\ \PAIR\ \1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL\
1 Ferd T. Bull-Bob Henninge - 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 6 62
2 Severin Drix-Phil Villar 1 - 6 6 5½ 4 5 6 6 5 6 50½
3 Rosie Wain-Andy Tomaszewski 1 1 - 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 6 47
4 Lee Cousins-Dave Barbano 1 1 1 - 4½ 4½ 2½ 6 3 6 7 36½
5 Bill Renke-Moishe 1 1½ 1 2½ - 4 6 6 6 2 6 36
6 Sunshine-Naomi Cusowski 1 3 1 2½ 3 - 1 5 5½ 6 6 34
7 Bryon Alexandroff-Jolyon Bone 2 2 1 4½ 1 6 - 1½ 6 2 4 30
8 Debbie Tennenbaum-Marty Vine 0 1 1 1 1 2 5½ - 5 6 6 28½
9 Barry Corbin-Glen Kezwer 0 1 4 4 1 1½ 1 2 - 5 7 26½
10 Wendy and Lindsey Horenblas 0 2 1 1 5 1 5 1 2 - 6 24
11 Chris Howard-Tom Berge 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 - 10
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[Page 15, Newswink 5, February 1972]
* SAYS
\FLASH\
JAWBONE AND CONTEST
Dateline: Johnson City, Tennessee Jan. 31, '72
Flash! NATwA Goes To War!
Members of the NATwA Barnstorming Expeditionary Force went to War, West
Virginia early in their 1972 Southern Campaign. Attempting a blitz on the
steps of the War State Liquor Store, they were almost squopped out by a
formidable state police pair, currently playing for the Warriors. A serious
auto-squ[o]p notwithstanding, our heroes managed to rip off a respect[a]ble 2
points, and realized that a modification of their Southern strategy was
necessary for further success. Marriage ensued.
BE THE FIRST WINKER ON YOUR BLOCK TO NAME THE MAGAZINE!
Perversions flourished in 1971. Besides squop game variations like
"tennis", sadistic games like Squidger and Bite have been experimented with.
Rules have been developed for basketball, soccer, hockey, tubbing, capture the
flag, idiot's delight, baseball, and boxing among others.
Sometime this spring, a perversion magazine by the name of _____ will be
published and sent to all interested parties. It will contain rules to many of
the perversions and all sorts of other random information as well.
YES KIDS, NOW \YOU\ CAN BECOME A BIG WINNER
Send your name for the new Perversion mag to
Sunshine
424 S. 43 St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
1st prize - lifetime subscription to mag
2nd prize - one year subscription to mag
3rd prize - one issue of mag
................................................................................
Naomi missed her most crucial play of the Pairs Tourney last May when she
blew a simple two foot squop. The parking lot squop, if successful, would have
eliminated Andy's "Ferd de Ford" and 5/6 of the eventual 3 top pairs of the
match. Huh?
Sunshine says, "Mary is the best natural squopper I've ever met!"
Jude has been made official HYTHNLBTWOC wizard by acclamation. His wizard
hands and expert coaching led HYTH to victory in the Eastern Regionals.
Shana, NATwA Grand Froebel, has publicly expressed her desire to go to the
continentals.
Daniel Dern, Official NATwA photographer, will be present during the
continentals taking pictures and generally making his presence unknown. Any of
you interested in purchasing copies at a small fee should contact him.
THIS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT
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[Page 16, Newswink 5, February 1972]
[Column 1]
LOST + FOUND
Lost
One editor last seen in Ottawa on May 2, 1971. If found, please send to
continentals. Big reward.
______________________
Found
One Harpur winker in Buffalo.
_______________________
Lost
One large Oxford blue wink last seen at the HOTT. Contact Mike Krassner [sic]
at ALF.
_______________________
Lost
One Secretary-General last seen in Ithaca, NY on Nov. 21, 1971. Rumored to be
in Barbados. If found, please send to continentals. Reward.
_______________________
Lost
One entire team last seen at 1971 continentals. Rumored to have gone
underground. If found, contact Bill Renke. Reward only if complete.
________________________
Found
One large blue wink of the old type. If yours, contact Moishe.
________________________
Found
One ex-Secretary-General at Eastern Regionals. Slightly aged. Owner please
claim within 30 days or will have to retire.
[Column 2]
W E
I N
N D
K S
PAIRS TOURNEY
April 29th+30th [Note by Severin: May 6-7]
?????
_________________________
JUNIOR CONTINENTALS
March 18 [Note by Severin: March 25]
Lake Mohegan
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BIT [Note by Severin: Apr 22-23 (prob.)]
Boston Invitational Tournament
Spring, Boston
_________________________
HIBYOTT [Note by Severin: May (2nd/3rd wkend)]
HYTH Invitational Bring Your Own Table Tourney
Spring, Bennington
__________________________
HUT [Note by Severin: crossed out section]
HYTH Uninvited Tourney
HYTH members only
Spring, Boston
__________________________
SPRING LAKE MOHEGAN WKD.
Spring
Lake Mohegan
...........................
MARRIAGES
Bryon Alexandroff
and
Lani Nathanson
___________________________
Lindsey Horenblas
and
Wendy Levinson
............................
AND
ENGAGEMENT
Jeff Wieselthier
and
non-winker
[Column 3]
OBITS
Rosie Wain, former editor of NEWSWINK and Secretary-General of NATwA passed
away last May in Ottawa, Ontario. Miss Wain was noteworthy for her great
expertise on the mat. Her loss is indeed a great sorrow. Flowers and words of
encouragement may be sent to
Rosie Wain
14 South Rd.
West Bridgford
Nottingham
Notts., England
__________________________
Clure (Nov 1968 - Dec 1971)
Best known for her defensive work, she was by far the hardest to squop. Her
strategical plays often forced her green teammates['] opposition into
nonoptional shots in vi/s/cious attempts to [do] her in. Retained amateur
status, playing only in the BOT. She is survived by none, mourned by many.
__________________________
Carl Chenkin, former HYTH star and North American Squidger champion passed
away on the evening of Dec. 5, 1971; the victim of an automobile accident.
Fortunately, the death is only temporary and he should resu[rr]ect sometime in
June. All letters of condolences should be sent to
Carl Chenkin
103 E. Tryon Ave.
Teaneck, N.J.
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[End, Newswink 5, February 1972]