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...some of the top names in world tennis. Stan Smith, America's No. 1 amateur tennis player, and fellow Davis Cup teammates Arthur Ashe, Clarke Graebner, and Bub Lutz will team up for the U. S. against the Australian twosome of John Newcombe and Fred Stolle for the best-of-seven series. The winner's share of the prize money...
Boston sports was also blessed with a 108-100 victory by the Celtics over the New York Knicks in the opening game of the best-of-seven series yesterday afternoon...
...walk. They had Detroit's Tigers down, three games to one, and St. Louis' peerless pitcher Bob Gibson had humiliated Detroit's 31-game winner, Denny McLain, not once, but twice. Relaxed and confident, Gibson was ready to pitch again, if necessary, in the best-of-seven Series...
BASEBALL WORLD SERIES (NBC, 2 p.m. to conclusion).* The Cardinals and the Tigers begin their best-of-seven series at Busch Stadium, St. Louis. Second game Thursday, same time. Third and fourth games Saturday and Sunday from Tiger Stadium, 1 p.m. If necessary, fifth game will be played Monday in Detroit...
None, apparently. Last month the Celtics spotted Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain and his heavily-favored 76ers a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Division playoffs, then ran away with three straight games-two of which were played in unfriendly Philadelphia. Last week they capped that performance by trouncing the Western champion Los Angeles Lakers 124-109 on the Lakers' home court, to capture the final playoffs by four games to two, and win their tenth N.B.A. championship in the past twelve years...