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...blushes and scuffs his toe a lot. In 65 years only two players had ever scored 50 goals in a season's first 50 games; this year Gretzky scored his 50th goal in the 39th game, and last week he reached the alltime record 77th goal (and the 78th, and the 79th) with 16 games to go. It is more than just embarrassing...
Wayne Gretzky scored three goals in the third period last night to shatter Phil Esposito's league mark of 76 goals in a season and help the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. The goals were Gretzky's 77th, 78th, and 79th. "I'm glad I got it: it's a tremendous feeling," Gretzky said after the game...
Since there is nothing like a dame, only a cockeyed optimist could confuse Bob Hope with the real thing. The comedian shed his golf togs and donned a tropically fruity outfit for this week's NBC-TV special celebrating his 78th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the U.S.O. During the taping at West Point before 25,000 cadets, officers and onlookers, Hope sprang eternal. He sparred with Sugar Ray Leonard and teamed up with Mary Martin, 67, to reprise a number from South Pacific. "If I entered the Miss U.S.A. contest,"said Hope, "I'd probably...
...bearded 22-year-old in the green mesh T-shirt wearing number 16 became the 78th winner of the Boston Marathon yesterday. The Irish-born Cusack ran away from the pack to finish the 26-mile, 385-yard course in 2:13:39, the second fastest victory ever for the B.A.A. event...
...Mike Burns. Burns, from Martinsville, Va., placed 213th in last year's Boston Marathon and the stocky runner has a best-ever time of 2:43:10. He, Brittin, Bill Kalal and Ferris Mack will be part of the crowd of 1951 participants, the most ever, in today's 78th Boston Marathon...