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...into the stands once to protect their flag, the Cuban boxers brought an awesome presence to the final week. It seemed everyone's Pan Am hero though, Anglo and Latin, was a lefthanded baseball pitcher born with one finger on his right hand. The University of Michigan's Jim Abbott, 19, carried the flag and led the U.S. team in the opening ceremonies at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where roller skaters would later go streaming like the Unsers. "I've never run across a feeling on a baseball field quite like that," said Abbott, who then took the mound against...
...first batter tried to bunt him, as the first batters often do. Abbott is a genius at transferring his glove back and forth, but seeing is hardly believing. He smartly fielded first the bunt and later the question about it. "The way I look at it, if a hitter is weak on the inside, that's where I'm going to pitch him. If they think I can't field, I don't blame them for trying to bunt." In a five-inning stint, Abbott allowed the Nicaraguans just three hits, and they were beaten 18-0. Those...
DIED. George William ("Fritz") Holt III, 46, co-producer of the Broadway smash La Cage aux Folles (now in its fourth year) and the 1974 revival of Gypsy; of complications from pneumonia; in Montclair, N.J. Holt also staged last month's 100th birthday salute to Showman George Abbott...
...gloomy. Abbott Laboratories has developed a new blood test that, because it directly indicates the presence of the AIDS virus, can immediately show infection. Current tests, because they detect only antibodies, may take weeks to months to indicate the presence of the virus...
Broadway prepares to celebrate as George Abbott, the theater' s grandest, oldest man, turns 100 -- yes, 100 -- still directing plays...