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...Michigan State, 6 ft. 3 in., 219 Ibs., and Jack Clancy, 22, Michigan, 6 ft. 1 in., 192 lbs. Washington, who caught five passes for 123 yds. in Michigan State's 10-10 tie with Notre Dame, is also the Big Ten high hurdles champion and "a cinch to make it big in the pros"-either as a split end or a tight end. Clancy is too light to play anything except split end, but he caught 76 passes for 1,079 yds.-almost two-thirds of Michigan's total passing yardage this year...
When moderate Ellis Arnall seemed a cinch to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Georgia two months ago, Republicans crossed party lines and voted overwhelmingly for racist Lester Maddox on the assumption tha the would be the easier candidate to defeat in the general election. Then Maddox faced Republican segregationalist Bo Callaway in the general election three weeks ago, and Arnall got his revenge. Callaway led Maddox, 451,032 to 448,598, but a six per cent write-in vote for Arnall prevented either candidate from gaining a majority of the popular vote. Then the legal entanglements began...
Harvard's soccer team, undefeated in Ivy League play, travels to Princeton Saturday to take on a winless Tiger squad, in what should be a cinch victory for the Crimson...
...trade them Outfielder Frank Robinson, 31. Last week Robinson was leading the league in hitting (.316), home runs (49) and runs batted in (120), bade fair to become the first player since Mickey Mantle in 1956 to win batting's Triple Crown-and was practically a cinch for the Most Valuable Player Award. All the Orioles gave up in exchange for Robinson was Pitcher Milt Pappas (1966 record: 10 wins, 11 losses) and a second-string outfielder...
...During a silverware sale, a red baize screen was placed just below the picture. While every head in Christie's was presumably turned, Hendy says, "I slipped in behind the screen and spent the entire morning looking at the picture. It was terrific. I thought we had a cinch...