Word: champs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-7 p.m.). Now that Cassius Clay is no longer recognized as heavyweight champion of the world, the rest of the boys are slugging it out in an "elimination tournament" to find a new champ. On this card: Leotis Martin (ninth-ranked) v. Jimmy Ellis (ranked eighth), and Ernie Terrell (fourth-ranked) v. Thad Spencer (fifth-ranked). Live from Houston's Astrodome...
Clay had said that he would "take anything that comes like a man," and he kept his word. Though H. Rap Brown, 23, rabble-rousing leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, attached himself to the former champ during the first day of the trial, Clay refused to lend himself to Black Power demagoguery. And when U.S. Attorney Morton Susman, who both likes and admires Clay, suggested that "the Greatest" was nothing more than a hapless dupe of the Muslims, who had used him for their own political ends, Clay quickly interjected: "If I can say so, sir, my religion...
...British Actor Michael Craw ford, knockabout champ of Broadway's boffo Black Comedy, has had enough movie successes (including The Knack and The Jokers) to be able to say with justifiable immodesty: "I expect to see Fame arriving next week in a little, neatly labeled package." The only thing that could waylay Fame would be for Crawford himself to wind up prematurely in a neatly labeled coffin...
...burly Yale men could give McCurdy 5 more firsts. Captain Bob Greenlee won the IC4A shot put with a throw of 55 feet, and sophomore Calvin Hill has jumped 25 feet in the broad jump and 50 feet in the triple jump. Newton's Mark Young is IC4A 440 champ and could also...
Heisler, last year's Ohio State junior champ, turned in a 74 for his best round of the spring. Lawrenceville alumnus Purdy shot a solid 76, and Gurry, the team's only undefeated player, coasted in for his win at number three...