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...stars this year), Pope has what the pros like best-a penchant for hard hitting. "He has those receivers listening for footsteps all the way," say the scouts. Though White is not exceptionally fast, he "has great anticipation" and has a reputation as a sure tackier. "We'll grab him," says one personnel man, "if he's half as good as our man in Hawaii says...
TENNIS: GAME OF MOTION by Eugene Scott. 256 pages. Crown. $14.95. Anyone suffering from tennis toe or tennis elbow should not buy this book. Even a swift shuffle through it will make them want to grab the nearest racket and rush to the court. It is the pictures that do it. Whether they show Rod Laver smashing a serve, Stan Smith straining for a backhand drive, or Billie Jean King pulverizing a forehand volley, the photographs communicate the power, grace and sheer ferocity of top-level tennis, in kinetic color and black and white. The supporting text is heavy with...
...TIMES does not completely submit to the New Journalism but the temptations are there. A potentially informative piece about the Irish Republican Army in the November 30 issue degenerated into a runny first person--"If Seamus killed the soldier, I thought, I would have no choice but to grab the rifle and shoot the other three," writes Richard Boyle, who then fails to explain either factionalism within the IRA or the great number of White Papers and Amendments and Laws to which he constantly refers. The reader learns almost nothing of Northern Ireland, or the intricacies of Irish politics...
Jenkins, potentially the best forward in the East, is such a talented athlete that, even though he performed poorly on defense (his man, Adam Sutton, scored 25 points), he still managed to score 18 himself and grab a game-leading 15 rebounds. At 6 ft. 8 in. Jenkins moves as gracefully as a guard and is accurate shooting inside or outside...
...rest of the Crimson squad appears healthy and ready to grab the early lead in the Ivy League. Harvard 1-0 in the league, shares the lead now with Princeton, also 1-0 after beating Brown, 4-2, Saturday...