Pinball Sharks Meet in Quincy

Al Evans never knew he'd be immortalized. But Quiney House's University-wide pinball tournament has been named after Evans in recognition of his pinball wizardry.

The tournament, which is being organized by Jon Starr, is open to any Harvard or Radcliffe student and any faculty member. It is now in progress and offers a $20 prize.

A Real Whiz

"Evans used to be a whiz," Starr said yesterday. "He would ring up 15 games on a machine and walk away." Evans, who graduated from Harvard in 1969, is reportedly living in Watertown, but he could not be reached for comment yesterday.

"We are trying to recapture some of that old-time Harvard atmosphere," Starr said. "Pinballs give us all a chance to get the spirit of the late fifties. Sha-NaNa is all right, but to really get back to the years of white socks and ducktails you have to play pinball," he explained.

Two Front-runners

So far, the two leaders are Steve Christensen and Bob Panzer. Panzer strung ten games together in his first round, while Christensen left his machine before finishing with a string of 11 games.

Entrants play three games on each of the two Quiney machines and then play three more on whichever machine they prefer.

Starr said that 20 persons are entered now and that he is still accepting entries. Anyone interested may call him (8-3218) or sign up by the pinball machines.

All Sold out

Harvard sold out its 40,000 seats more than a week ago, after the Crimson's victory over Princeton promised an exciting Yale game. Even the 2500 seats in the open end zone and 500 standing room tickets for the top rim of the Stadium have been sold.

Although Harvard ticket regulations state that each student must "personally occupy" the seat he receives by coupon exchange, the Department of Athleties makes no effort to catch or prosecute student scalpers. Massachusetts law, however, forbids the practice.

"We used to keep a blacklist of people we would not sell tickets to because of scalping violations, but we abandoned that several years ago," a Harvard ticket official said yesterday.

Members of the varsity and freshman football teams receive two free tickets on the 50-yard line and an option to buy two more to the Yale game. Varsity lettermen are given two additional free 50-yard line tickets, and any football player can buy as many as he likes in the end zone.

Football players denied last night that they bought additional tickets with the intention of scalping them.

Lousy Luck

"Most students aren't having very much luck scalping tickets this year," one student said last night. "The Athletics Department gives us such poor seats that no one wants to buy them."

Although senior seats are fairly good-high on the 20-yard lines-many junior seats are behind the pillars at the top of the Stadium. Sophomore seats hover around the end zone or the low wooden seats, and freshman seats are even worse.