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...P.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.)* Taped highlights of the second round of play from Pecan Valley Country Club, San Antonio. Live coverage of third round on Saturday, 6-7:30 p.m.; final round Sunday...
...piece of the team. Philadelphia Owner Irv Kosloff was willing to pay him the salary, but balked at making him a partner, so he traded Wilt to the Los Angeles Lakers, whose owner Jack Kent Cooke did not need a partner either. What Cooke needs is an N.B.A. Championship, so he offered Wilt a five-year contract totaling an estimated $1,500,000. Cooke now owns three superstars: Elgin Baylor, Jerry West and Chamberlain, and the problem may be to get three balls into the game so they can all shoot at once...
BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 10:30 a.m. to noon). It's the Early Birdie that catches the winning putt on this live telecast from Carnoustie Golf Links, Scotland. The 97th British Open, oldest golf championship in the world, will be rebroadcast...
...Experts are at a loss to explain why the "Fosbury Flop" works. "I wouldn't advise anybody else to try it," says Oregon State Coach Berny Wagner. But it sure does the trick for Dick. Last month Fosbury cleared 7 ft. 2 1/4 in. to win the N.C.A.A. championship, and last week he soared 7 ft. 1 in. to take first place at the U.S. Olympic trials...
...more interesting heads of government. Though of considerable intellect, he is a thoroughly unstuffy man who, when asked by a pretty young Trudeau-bopper for a kiss, can respond: "Why not? It's spring." A broad-minded and cultured member of academe, he also canoes, exhibits championship-caliber diving, practices yoga, loves driving fast cars and, as a bachelor, can command the company of beautiful women. A serious political thinker with some unusual views of Canada's future, he has nonetheless answered hecklers with an impudent "so's your old man." He dresses with a style...