Word: baron
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Meanwhile, back at the mansion of Land Baron E. G. Marshall, a passel of vulgar new-rich Texans pledge donations to found a college near by, in order to protect their young against the perils of an education at Harvard. Marshall's son, played by Britain's James Fox, drawls endearments to Jane Fonda, who conquers a casting error as Bubber's faithless wife, making trollopy white trash seem altogether first class. Actor Redford, as Bubber, plays a born loser engagingly but cannot quite mask the clear-eyed confidence of a boy born lucky. All three finally...
...Already, Baron and Baroness Guy de Rothschild have bought a house, the Loel Guinnesses have just built one, the Clint Murchisons are just finishing one, the Samuel Newhouses are renting one, and the Douglas Fairbankses Jr. are looking for one. Mexican Millionaire Melchior Perusquia Jr. is spending $5,000,000 to build a private development for what he calls "the best people in the world," including Walt Disney and Frank Sinatra, who last month bought another Acapulco house...
Obviously, the Baron hasn't changed that much. Kentucky is currently ranked No. 2 (behind Duke) in the wire-service polls, and Rupp sees no reason why his team won't be No. 1 within the next week or so. That may sound pretty presumptuous, considering that four of his five starters are holdovers from a 1964-65 squad that won only 15 out of 25 games. But then they have all had another year of Rupp. Guard Louie Dampier has developed into a deadly outside shooter (21.5 points per game). Forward Larry Conley has found his calling...
...start on the dot of 3:15 p.m., last an hour or longer, and nobody is allowed to talk except Coach Rupp. "We have a requirement," he explains, "that you only speak if you can improve on the silence." Every pass, every shot, every move is charted by the Baron and his assistants-so meticulously that after one recent 59-min. 47-sec. practice, he was able to announce that his team had handled the ball 3,308 times, had made precisely five "mistakes...
...anathema to Rupp, even when his boys are hitting 72% of their shots-as they were at halftime against L.S.U. last week. "Goddam it. Get up on the boards!" he shouted. "Goddam it. Go!" Even when the game was over and Kentucky had won by 26 points, the Baron was not satisfied. "We've got to go back to work on our defense," he muttered, studying a list of twelve mistakes committed by his Wildcats...