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Tony and I have both gone through a lot since then. I continued my lackluster diamond career through high school varsity stint. My major chore was to keep the raindrops from falling on the bench while the regulars were out on the field. I finally quit the game when I realized the emotional strain it was causing and the lives it was ruining. All mine...
...Johnny Bench leads a powerful batting order with Pete Rose, Tony Perez, and Joe Morgan, while hurlers Jack Billingham and Don Gullet top a strong hurling staff...
With 10:25 gone in the period, Jacques flipped a loose ball into the upper left corner of the Crimson net to empty the Bear bench and give the squad its first lead of the game...
...whether he would regain use of his left leg and arm, paralyzed by the stroke (TIME, Feb. 17). Doctors were also reportedly disturbed by his mental as well as physical state. Douglas objected to a psychoneurological examination and complained about plots to kill him or remove him from the bench. Last week, six days after his return to the court, he showed signs that the doctors' concern might be justified...
...Supreme Court was hard at work last week on a heavy docket. But the biggest court news was not a decision from the bench, it was a return to it. Justice William O. Douglas, 76, came back 78 days after suffering a serious stroke while vacationing in the Bahamas with his wife. Still weak in his left arm and leg, Douglas entered the Supreme Court building in a wheelchair pushed by a court messenger. Though he will have to return to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for periodic therapy, the redoubtable Justice intends to resume his seat on the high...