NATwA Cogs Grind

We hereby attempt to disprove the compelling thesis that no interesting article can be written about the 1977 Eastern Regionals, held at MIT December 3. The match was not a close one, with newly merged Chicken Hearts, veritably bursting under the constriction of the six-player team format, out-distancing the Zoo, forebodingly under-personed, and hapless MIT, feeling the absence of Nigeria-bound team captain Charles and as yet still boondocked Fred. In the last tournament of the great "twenty minute time limit" experiment, confusion and disorganization were widespread; trying to save some time, it was agreed that each team would play both opponents simultaneously instead of having team versus team rounds, and TD Joe was unable to keep the cogs, let alone the games, running smoothly. A commendable performance by Don increased his winning streak to n games, making him the second winker in NATwA history to play 200 tournament games before 100 wins or 100 losses. In the Long Time No See Department, Bill "Cannonball" Renke played his first tournament game without a partner since winning the triple crown in 1973, due to his team having only five warm bodies capable of holding a squidger. Surprisingly absent from the day's events was Dave "Dragonweed" Lockwood, duplicating his feat of 1975 by missing both Regionals (in '75 he was in England). Also of note, Matt became the second Cornell captain to hitchhike to Boston (presumably to scout his Continentals adversaries).

Mentioned in the above article: Charles Frankston, Fred Shapiro, Joe Sachs, Don Fox, Bill Renke, Dave Lockwood, Matt Solá.

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