Word: backhanders
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...icemen tied it up for the first time at 13:25 with Cook's first, a shot tipped by Arrington on a backhand flip by Jon Garrity. Defenseman Franco Scalamandre also chalked up an assist on the score, which finally came after consistent pressure by the Cook-Garrity-Bobby Kelley line...
...contest with a power-play goal. "Barney" gathered in a pass from George Hughes--who had gotten the puck from John Cochrane on the point--skated out of the corner, looked to return a pass to Hughes, but then slipped in front of the cage to poke a backhand shot between the legs of Ed Arrington...
...skill soon won him the respect of the players as well-and an income of about $80,000 a year. Says fellow American Armando Gonzalez: "His remate [backhand carom] is devastating, a knockout punch. There's no defense." An old Basque adversary, Jose Solaun, agrees: "Make a mistake against him and you're dead." Acknowledgment has sometimes been grudging, however. Jai-alai, long dominated by the Basques, is a clique-ridden world that does not suffer outsiders gladly. Solaun admits that his countrymen distance themselves from the handsome young American: "There is a resentment and coolness, a feeling...
...Star Tracy Austin. Martin scrambled madly all over the court, cutting off his partner, Rumanian Touring Pro Virginia Ruzici, until she gently suggested he stay at the net. Judged Umpire Dan Rowan, co-host of the old Laugh-In: "Both Martin and Lasorda exhibit much sharper back talk than backhand." When the verbal volleying was over, it was Lasorda and Austin, 6 to 1. "That doesn't make up for losing the World Series," grumbled the Dodgers' boss. "But it's some consolation...
With UNH on the power play defenseman Jim Liston left two Wildcat forwards for dead, then pushed the puck ahead for Gene Purdy. Purdy sent Murray in at the blue line who, outskating everybody, slid a backhand under the stacked pads of Moffett...