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WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). World light-heavyweight champion ship, with Bob Foster v. Andy Kendall, live from Springfield, Mass...
...Bernstein's balletic leaps and flamboyant podium style, but he used his showmanship to the Philharmonic's advantage. Thanks to his records and televised concerts, he made the orchestra almost as much of a national as a New York institution. Although Bernstein's reputation as a champion of new music is a trifle inflated, he gave the U.S. and world premiere of 42 works, including 26 pieces by American composers (one of them his own). George Szell of the Cleveland Orchestra has agreed to take on the additional duty of music adviser to the Philharmonic. Next season...
...Everest (29,028 ft.); all are blind. Stunt Man Evel Knievel plans to race a jet-powered motorcycle down a ramp at 280 m.p.h. and-God and the authorities willing-jump across the Grand Canyon. Last week Henry Carr, Detroit Lions defensive back and former Olympic 200-meter-dash champion, raced a pacer over a 110-yd. course and won by 10 yds. "I never beat the horses at the betting window," he said, "so I wanted to see if I could beat them on the track...
...British pilots in a Vickers Vimy biplane in 1919, the race had 390 entrants from ten countries competing for $144,000 in prizes in such bizarre categories as the best performances by a Swiss or a resident of New York State. The contestants included onetime Racing Car Champion Stirling Moss and a chimp named Tina, who was vying for honors as "most meritorious performance by a Commonwealth citizen." For all of them, the hardest part was not the flying but getting to and from the check-in stations atop the Empire State Building in New York and the General Post...
...problem is that there are just not that many people who are eager enough to go out to play some semi-organized sport. Mike Sherman, athletic secretary of champion Greenough, suggested that proctors ought to show more concern with the program and encourage people to participate, as well as helping out the athletic secretaries. A big factor, Sherman said, was the persistence of the athletic secretary. In Sherman's case, this persistence borders on fanaticism, and a colleague of his called him "the Vince Lombardi of freshman intramurals." Way to go, Mike...