Word: championing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decathlon champion...
COLLEGE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME (ABC, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.).* Last year's College All-Stars v. pro football's World Champion Green Bay Packers. From Soldier Field, Chicago...
...were above the .300 mark, and only two of them-Pittsburgh's Matty Alou (.344) and Cincinnati's Pete Rose (.329)-were hitting over .320. Atlanta's Henry Aaron, a lifetime .316 hitter, is currently batting .248; Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, a four-time batting champion, is chopping at .252. Six National League and 13 American League regulars are batting under...
Flying high comes easy for the World Champion Cards, who took the league title last season by 10½ games. The Tigers have not won a pennant in 22 years, and their domination of the American League this season comes as an almost inexplicable surprise. Their team batting average is .227. Their most valuable player (and just about the only one who is healthy) is the team physician, Russell M. Wright. Regular Rightfielder Al Kaline, eleven times an All-Star, has been out of action since May 25 with a broken arm. Third Baseman Don Wert is recovering from...
Native Dancer and Dancer's Image) is welcome to his choice. As the most successful trainer and driver in U.S. harness racing, he has won $1,000,000 or more in purses during each of the past four seasons, and in the process produced a steady succession of champions: Su Mac Lad was 1962's Horse of the Year; Cardigan Bay, the wealthiest harness horse ever ($980,000 since 1959); Noble Victory, the two-year-old champion of 1965 and winner of 37 out of 54 races...