Word: baron
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nobody has ever accused Adolph Rupp of being a nice guy. Rival coaches grumble that "life doesn't really hang on the result of a basketball game, but it seems like it when you play Rupp." In his 36 years at the University of Kentucky, "the Baron of the Bluegrass" has won more games (734), more conference titles (21) and more N.C.A.A. championships (four) than any other coach in the U.S. He has also antagonized more competitors, angered more referees, and annoyed more sportswriters than anybody else in the business-which may or may not account for his success...
...Baron is 63 years old now, and there are signs that he is mellowing. He gave the varsity four days off for Christmas-a far cry from the old days when he used to order the Wildcats right back on the court after the crowd left in order to iron out mistakes made in a game. Actually, Rupp admits, the length of the holiday wasn't entirely his idea: the floor at Kentucky's Memorial Coliseum was being refinished. "But there's no question about it," he says, "I've slowed down...
...Cattle Baron. But that wasn't all. As a byproduct, Hammer's distilleries made a mash that Hammer sold to cattle-feed manufacturers. This got Hammer interested in cattle, and he stocked his Red Bank, N.J., farm with prize Angus, including a giant champion bull named Prince Eric. "The cattle business turned out to be a bonanza," says Hammer. "In the three years remaining of his life, Prince Eric sired 2,000 calves. That one bull earned...
...David Niven, droll indeed as a middle-aged physician and reckless driver. Photoflash rings, trick fountain pens and the transistor in his lower left molar rather embarrass him. Bribed by British intelligence (running short of certified spies, understandably) with the promise of a Cord Le Baron, Niven flies off to run interference for an oil sheik whose assassination is pending. Among the double-dealers he encounters, none surpass Françoise Dorléac, a wry, loose-limbed French beauty who wafts the spirit of high comedy through a role that would hardly seem worth the bother if a lesser...
...BARON (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). What ABC calls its "second season" spawns a third new spy-this time a London antique dealer pressed into service by British intelligence. Based on a character created by Mystery Writer John Creasey, the series stars Steve Forrest. Premiere...