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...exactly a household name among ball fans. Until this year the Brooklyn-born rightfielder was best known as a dreamer. "He'd stand out in the field and think about a movie he'd seen," recalls Pirate Manager Danny Murtaugh. Going into last weekend, the former woolgathering champ was hitting .325, second best in the league. With the Phillies fading fast, the Pirates and Cardinals are headed for a showdown series next week...
...varsity heavyweight eight was the undisputed national collegiate champion. After trouncing all opposition en route to an undefeated regular season, the heavies captured the Eastern Sprints title. The Crimson went on to overwhelm Intercollegiate Rowing Association champ Wisconsin and handily defeat the University of Washington, the Western Sprints champ, to put to rest all claims that it was not the best in the land. The meeting between the Eastern and Western Sprint champions was billed as the first real race for the national heavyweight title. Although many critics doubted whether Harvard could hold its own against the Huskies, stroke...
Abandoning his Deer Lake, Pa., training camp, the ex-champ drove to nearby Reading Hospital for some inoculations before his trip to Zaire this month to fight George Foreman. "I hate 'em; let's get 'em over with," protested Ali in mock terror as he awaited his bout with the needle. The challenger endured his prophylaxis against smallpox, yellow fever and polio, then grumbled, "My fights don't take this long...
...many glasses of milk do you drink per day?" asked a giggling teeny-bopper of the star. "Seven," ad-libbed Swimming Champ Mark Spitz, 24. Then he drank a small carton of milk-the way that Dean Martin used to toss off something harder -and launched into his stage debut at the Magic Mountain amusement park in Valencia, Calif. Backed by a fresh-faced chorus called the Mark Curb Congregation, Mark soft-shoe-shuffled and crooned through a couple of olden goldies, The Sidewalks of New York and A Bicycle Built for Two. Then he introduced his guests, National Hula...
...Every top player is a loner. You're not a follower. You're a leader," explained Wimbledon Women's Singles Champ Chris ("The Icicle") Evert, 19, after her easy victory over Russia's Olga Morozova. Fortunately, Loner Chris has another leader to lean on: Wimbledon Men's Winner Maverick Jimmy Connors, 21, who demolished Ken Rosewall in straight sets. Jimmy and Chrissie established a record of sorts: they are the first fiancés ever to win at Wimbledon in the same year, and got a big hand when they led the dancing...