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With the physical set-up arranged, the possibilities become almost unlimited. Twenty years after the installation of the "Memorial Fronton," there would be an Ivy Jai-Alai League, a flourishing Basque Research Center in the department of Romance Languages and Literature, a course in Pari-Mutuel betting, and a huge increase in the University's endowment...
...another chance for a "big first." And Cambridge is peculiarly well-suited for Jai-Alai, too. Ever since its erection in 1871 Memorial Hall has been a chronic problem--too big for a classroom, too small, for an indoor polo field. But it's perfect for a Jai-Alai fronton...
...last night of the tournament, with Spain and France running neck & neck for the world title, San Sebastian was abuzz with pelota talk. The local fronton (court) was crammed with 3,000 spectators straining at the wire screen that separated them from the players (and also from the hard rubber ball, covered with goatskin, that zips up & down the court at a 100 m.p.h. clip...
When racing was banned, jai alai suddenly became the lone remaining form of pari-mutuel wagering in Miami - and in the rest of the U.S. Since then, Cuba's national pastime has boomed at Miami's Biscayne Fronton, where attendance last week was almost double last season's and mutuel betting more than double. One night 3,478 fans watched the Latins strut their stuff and bet a record $66,335 on their favorite pelota-slingers...
...permitted in a ring at one time. But when the ponderous clowns break the rules (as they do at least 20 times in a 60-minute match), the fans like it best. Last week Australian Tag fans were packing Chicago's White City and Rainbo Fronton Arena...