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...threaded through the crowds on his way to the 18th tee at the Champions Golf Club in Houston last week, a drowsy-looking man in a tangerine shirt was halted by a marshal and sternly told: "Get behind the ropes, fella." No, no, another marshal whispered. "Let him through. He's one of the players." Minutes later Orville Moody became the player. He skied an 8-iron shot onto the green, tapped to within 14 in. of the cup and, without bothering to line up the ball, sank his putt to win the 69th United States Open...
Three seconds to go. I was down near the field. "Hit the Big fella!" But it went to the little man instead. The bumbling Elis had Big Hole on their squad now. He was defining Gatto. Six points and delirium...
...remembered the Dartmouth game a year before where a penalty on an extra point try had cost us the ball game. But that was a different team. Nothing could be denied our darlings. And the daintiest, the sweetest of those darlings did the job. The Big Fella, 240-pound tight end Pete Varney. When Varney moves there's no denying him. He jumped high in the air after the catch with the ball held high. The Yalie had him in his arms, but there wasn't anything he could...
...Well, I didn't play with him until the 40's. But I started listenin' to Drag when I was only a little bitty fella.' He didn't play no bass, then. He played guitar and sang creole songs. He had a little group of 'bout three or four pieces. Had a fella slappin' a washboard" -- George made a washboard-slapping gesture--"and a fella on violin, and Drag. They would go all around to little picnics, and backyard parties, and wakes and weddin's. Wherever they could find food and liquor." He smiled...
...Yeah. We took Bunk on as a second trumpet. He and Evan started soundin' real nice together--man, we had us a band then. Well, about two nights before Thanksgivin', we was up on the bandstand, and this fella name of John Gilbey come runnin' into the dance hall with a butcher knife. Said Evan been messin' around with his wife. Evan didn't have no time to run, so he grabbed me by the shoulders and ducked down behind me." George raised his eyebrows and smiled his ironic smile, "Man I thought I was finished then. That man reached...